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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.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Elminia albiventris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Bangwa Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Mountain Saw-wing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Grey-headed Greenbul Phyllastrephus poliocephalus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, 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
White-throated Mountain-babbler Kupeornis gilberti	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Crossley's Ground-thrush Geokichla crossleyi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, A3
Mountain Robin-chat Cossyphicula isabellae	LC	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
White-bellied Robin-chat Cossyphicula roberti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax	LC	resident (1999)	present	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
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii	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
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2021) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	74
Unknown	9
Savanna	7
Artificial/Terrestrial	4
Wetlands (inland)	2

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Obudu Plateau (Nigeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/obudu-plateau-iba-nigeria on 23/12/2024.