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.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Green Turaco Tauraco persa |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis |
LC |
breeding (1983) |
300 pairs |
A4i |
| Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens |
LC |
non-breeding (1983) |
1,250 birds |
A4i |
| African Darter Anhinga rufa |
LC |
breeding (1983) |
300 pairs |
A4i |
| Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
VU |
winter (-) |
9,800 birds |
A4i |
| Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
LC |
winter (-) |
13,400 birds |
A4i |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
winter (-) |
6,400 birds |
A4i |
| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
LC |
winter (-) |
13,900 birds |
A4i |
| Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
winter (-) |
28,200 birds |
A4i |
| Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres |
NT |
winter (-) |
1,200 birds |
A4i |
| Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
winter (-) |
40,600 birds |
A4i |
| Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
VU |
winter (-) |
25,200 birds |
A4i |
| Little Stint Calidris minuta |
LC |
winter (-) |
13,600 birds |
A4i |
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
winter (-) |
4,700 birds |
A4i |
| West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata |
VU |
resident (1997) |
present |
A1, A3 |
| Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Piapiac Ptilostomus afer |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Nicator Nicator chloris |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata |
LC |
resident (1997) |
present |
A3 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
non-breeding (-) |
100,000-499,999 birds |
A4iii |
