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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Vermiculated Fishing-owl Scotopelia bouvieri	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	- (-)	present	A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident (-)	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Congo Sunbird Cinnyris congensis	LC	- (-)	present	A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident (-)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (-)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Ougoue-Lekiti	National Park (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Savanna	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ogooué Leketi National Park (Congo). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ogooué-leketi-national-park-iba-congo on 23/12/2024.