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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
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident	2000	present	A1
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii	LC	resident	2000	present	A1
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident	2000	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 (2005) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Artificial/Terrestrial	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Outamba	National Park	67
1995	Kilimi	National Park	35

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		56
Unknown		28
Artificial/Terrestrial		14

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Outamba-Kilimi National Park (Sierra Leone). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/outamba-kilimi-national-park-iba-sierra-leone on 22/11/2024.