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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Cameroon Olive-pigeon Columba sjostedti	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Black-capped Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus herberti	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Crossley's Ground-thrush Geokichla crossleyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A1, A3
Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani	VU	resident	1999	present	A1, A2, A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A2, A3
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ngel - Nyaki	Forest Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		85
Artificial/Terrestrial		7
Forest		7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ngel-Nyaki Forest Reserve (Nigeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ngel-nyaki-forest-reserve-iba-nigeria on 22/11/2024.