CM026
Yabassi


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
Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger LC resident (2000) present A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident (2000) present A3
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii LC resident (2000) present A3
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia LC resident (2000) present A3
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Bates's Swift Apus batesi LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (2000) present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum LC resident (2000) present A3
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti LC resident (2000) present A3
Akun Eagle-owl Bubo leucostictus LC resident (2000) present A3
Fraser's Eagle-owl Bubo poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Vermiculated Fishing-owl Scotopelia bouvieri LC resident (2000) present A3
Congo Serpent-eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Hawk-eagle Aquila africana LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Accipiter castanilius LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident (2000) present A3
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus LC resident (2000) present A3
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale 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
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata VU resident (2000) present A1, A3
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata LC resident (2000) present A3
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri 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
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui 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
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus LC resident (2000) present A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident (2000) present A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus LC resident (2000) present A3
African Piculet Verreauxia africana LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus LC resident (2000) present A3
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis 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 Batis Batis occulta LC resident (2000) present A3
White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea LC resident (2000) present A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus LC resident (2000) present A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident (2000) present A3
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris LC resident (2000) present A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota LC resident (2000) present A3
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus LC resident (2000) present A3
Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus LC 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
Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus 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
White-tailed Greenbul Baeopogon clamans 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
Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri LC resident (2000) present 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
Tit-hylia Pholidornis rushiae LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident (2000) present A3
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris LC resident (2000) present A3
Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri LC resident (2000) present A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC resident (2000) present A3
Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa LC resident (2000) present A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens LC resident (2000) present A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident (2000) present A3
Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-shouldered Robin-chat Cossypha cyanocampter LC resident (2000) present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident (2000) present A3
Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis 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
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus LC resident (2000) present A3
Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema LC resident (2000) present A3
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus LC resident (2000) present A3
Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae LC resident (2000) present A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus LC resident (2000) present A3
Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi LC resident (2000) present A3
Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha LC resident (2000) present A3
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus LC resident (2000) present A3
Rachel's Malimbe Malimbus racheliae LC resident (2000) present A2, 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
Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident (2000) present A3
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus LC resident (2000) present A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons LC resident (2000) present A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei LC resident (2000) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland) minor (<10) Rivers & streams
Forest - Lowland forest - mixed moist evgn & semi-evgn; Mid-altitude forest - transitional; Montane forest - mixed; Woodland - transition; Mangrove

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yabassi (Cameroon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yabassi-iba-cameroon on 23/12/2024.