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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
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Whistling Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx lemaireae	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
African Dwarf-kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera Camaroptera toroensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-caped Capuchin Babbler Phyllanthus bohndorffi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Rufous Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina fraseri	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Forest Scrub-robin Tychaedon leucosticta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-browed Forest-flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei	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
1940	Zemongo	Faunal Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		70
Savanna		29

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zémongo Faunal Reserve (Central African Republic). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zémongo-faunal-reserve-iba-central-african-republic on 23/11/2024.