Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (6092)
Côte d'Ivoire, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Amphibia	Hyperolius nimbae	Mount Nimba Reed Frog	EN	2018	A1e

Amphibia	Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis	Mount Nimba Viviparous Toad	CR	2018	A1e

Mammalia	Hipposideros lamottei	LAMOTTE'S ROUNDLEAF BAT	CR	2018	A1e

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List Category	Year
Aves	Muscicapa ussheri	Ussher's Flycatcher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Hylia prasina	Green Hylia	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Nectarinia johannae	Johanna's Sunbird	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Terpsiphone rufiventer		LR/lc	2001

Aves	Tockus camurus	Dwarf Hornbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Alethe diademata	White-tailed Alethe	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Turtur brehmeri	Blue-headed Wood-dove	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Campethera caroli	Brown-eared Woodpecker	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Stiphrornis erythrothorax	Forest Robin	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Baeopogon indicator	Honeyguide Greenbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Illadopsis rufescens	Rufous-winged Illadopsis	LR/nt	2001

Aves	Illadopsis cleaveri	Blackcap Illadopsis	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Melichneutes robustus	Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Prionops caniceps	Chestnut-bellied Helmet-shrike	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Anthreptes rectirostris	Green Sunbird	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Picathartes gymnocephalus	White-necked Rockfowl	VU	2018

Aves	Muscicapa olivascens	Olivaceous Flycatcher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Cercococcyx olivinus	Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Zoothera princei	Grey Ground-thrush	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Criniger calurus	Red-tailed Bulbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Macrosphenus concolor	Grey Longbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Ceratogymna elata	Yellow-casqued Hornbill	VU	2018

Aves	Tauraco persa	Green Turaco	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Muscicapa tessmanni	Tessmann's Flycatcher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Andropadus ansorgei	Ansorge's Greenbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Campethera maculosa	Little Green Woodpecker	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Merops muelleri	Blue-headed Bee-eater	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Ceyx lecontei	African Dwarf-kingfisher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Smithornis rufolateralis	Rufous-sided Broadbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Ceratogymna atrata	Black-casqued Hornbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Malaconotus cruentus	Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus albigularis	White-throated Greenbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Camaroptera chloronota	Olive-green Camaroptera	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Sarothrura pulchra	White-spotted Flufftail	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Nectarinia superba	Superb Sunbird	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Camaroptera superciliaris	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Chlorocichla simplex	Simple Greenbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Tauraco macrorhynchus	Yellow-billed Turaco	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Bubo poensis	Fraser's Eagle-owl	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Dicrurus atripennis	Shining Drongo	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Centropus leucogaster	Black-throated Coucal	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Thripias pyrrhogaster	Fire-bellied Woodpecker	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Bycanistes subcylindricus	Grey-cheeked Hornbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Schistolais leontica	Sierra Leone Prinia	VU	2018

Aves	Halcyon badia	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Nigrita bicolor	Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Erythrocercus mccallii	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Oriolus brachyrhynchus	Western Black-headed Oriole	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Stizorhina fraseri	Rufous Flycatcher-thrush	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Sheppardia cyornithopsis	Lowland Akalat	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Gymnobucco calvus	Naked-faced Barbet	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Myioparus griseigularis	Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Aquila africanus	Cassin's Hawk-eagle	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Hyliota violacea	Violet-backed Hyliota	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Bathmocercus cerviniventris	Black-headed Rufous Warbler	VU	2001

Aves	Parus funereus	Dusky Tit	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Bubo shelleyi	Shelley's Eagle-owl	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Merops gularis	Black Bee-eater	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Nigrita fusconotus	White-breasted Negrofinch	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Platysteira castanea	Chestnut Wattle-eye	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Francolinus lathami	Forest Francolin	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Columba iriditorques	Western Bronze-naped Pigeon	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Scotopelia ussheri	Rufous Fishing-owl	VU	2018

Aves	Erythropygia leucosticta	Forest Scrub-robin	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Columba unicincta	Afep Pigeon	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Thescelocichla leucopleura	Swamp Greenbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus icterinus	Icterine Greenbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Malimbus malimbicus	Crested Malimbe	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Otus icterorhynchus	Sandy Scops-owl	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Criniger barbatus	Bearded Bulbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus baumanni	Baumann's Greenbul	LR/nt	2001

Aves	Criniger olivaceus	Yellow-bearded Greenbul	VU	2018

Aves	Coracina azurea	Blue Cuckooshrike	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Trochocercus nitens	Blue-headed Crested-flycatcher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Telacanthura melanopygia	Black Spinetail	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Francolinus ahantensis	Ahanta Francolin	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed Malimbe	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Lobotos lobatus	Western Wattled Cuckooshrike	VU	2018

Aves	Tockus fasciatus	African Pied Hornbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Macrosphenus kempi	Kemp's Longbill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Apalis sharpii	Sharpe's Apalis	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Andropadus gracilis	Grey Greenbul	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Bleda eximius	Green-tailed Bristlebill	VU	2001

Aves	Alcedo leucogaster	White-bellied Kingfisher	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Bleda syndactylus	Common Bristlebill	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Neocossyphus poensis	White-tailed Ant-thrush	LR/lc	2001

Aves	Melaenornis annamarulae	Nimba Flycatcher	VU	2018

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 13, 2025.

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (6092)Côte d'Ivoire, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Recommended citation

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (6092)
Côte d'Ivoire, Africa