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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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-crowned Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus rubiginosus	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Exclamatory Paradise-whydah Vidua interjecta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1942	Ouémé Superieur	Classified Forest	38
1946	Ouari Maro	Classified Forest	23
1949	Monts Kouffé	Classified Forest	39

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		87
Shrubland		9
Unknown		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ouémé river basin (Benin). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ouémé-river-basin-iba-benin on 22/11/2024.