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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
Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Shai Hills	Game Production Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shai Hills Resource Reserve (Ghana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shai-hills-resource-reserve-iba-ghana on 22/11/2024.