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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
White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides	VU	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-crested Tiger-heron Tigriornis leucolopha	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata	VU	resident (1997)	present	A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus	VU	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh	EN	resident (1997)	present	A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni	NT	resident (1997)	present	A1
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-necked Rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus	VU	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii	NT	resident (1997)	present	A2, A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-headed Rufous-warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris	DD	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius	NT	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, 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
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus	VU	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens	NT	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Grey Ground-thrush Geokichla princei	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Gola Malimbe Malimbus ballmanni	NT	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus	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
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons	NT	resident (1997)	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 (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Residential and commercial development	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

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	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Sapo National Park Site Support Group	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	99

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sapo (Liberia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sapo-iba-liberia on 23/12/2024.