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 |
| Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Western Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon dowsetti |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus |
EN |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Nicator Nicator chloris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius |
NT |
resident (1999) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus |
VU |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Green Hylia Hylia prasina |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A1, A2, A3 |
| White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
