The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani |
EN |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Banded Wattle-eye Platysteira laticincta |
EN |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Bangwa Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Rwenzori Hill-babbler Sylvia atriceps |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Mountain Robin-chat Cossyphicula isabellae |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
