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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	1998	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-billed Shrike Lanius corvinus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1998	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
1954	W (Benin)	National Park	100
2002	W Region	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	-
2007	Site Ramsar du Complexe W	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		53
Artificial/Terrestrial		34
Forest		12

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: W du Bénin National Park (Benin). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/w-du-bénin-national-park-iba-benin on 22/11/2024.