GH023
Tano-Offin Forest Reserve


IBA Justification

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
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini LC resident (2000) present A3
Bates's Swift Apus batesi LC resident (2000) present A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi LC resident (2000) present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident (2000) present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus 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
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (2000) present A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei LC resident (2000) present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (2000) present A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli 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
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident (2000) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps LC resident (2000) present A3
West African Batis Batis occulta 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
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii NT resident (2000) present A2, A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (2000) present A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita 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
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis 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
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina 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
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi LC resident (2000) present A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata LC resident (2000) present A3
Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri 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
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha LC resident (2000) present A3
Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi 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
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (2000) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 91
Unknown 5
Artificial/Terrestrial 2

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
water management -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tano-Offin Forest Reserve (Ghana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tano-offin-forest-reserve-iba-ghana on 23/12/2024.