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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
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis	LC	resident (1999)	unknown	A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus	LC	resident (1999)	unknown	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	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
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia blissetti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident (1999)	present	A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus	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
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Baumann's Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni	LC	resident (1999)	present	A1, A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident (1999)	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey-hooded Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus atripennis	VU	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-fronted Black-chat Oenanthe albifrons	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus	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
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1976	Mont Sangbe National Park	National Park (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	78
Unknown	14
Artificial/Terrestrial	7

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sangbe Mountain National Park (Côte d'Ivoire). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sangbe-mountain-national-park-iba-côte-divoire on 23/12/2024.