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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
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Bates's Swift Apus batesi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis	NT	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Togo Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus togoensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus	EN	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	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 (2019) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	-	good (>90%)	very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A compre­hensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being compre­hensively and effectively implemented	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Okomu	Forest Reserve (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	63
Unknown	23
Artificial/Terrestrial	11
Shrubland	1

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Okomu National Park (Nigeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/okomu-national-park-iba-nigeria on 22/12/2024.