Bakossi Mountains (6125)
Cameroon, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Aves	Phyllastrephus poensis	Cameroon Olive Greenbul	LC	2018	B2

Aves	Phyllastrephus poliocephalus	Grey-headed Greenbul	LC	2018	B2

Aves	Urolais epichlorus	Green Longtail	LC	2018	B2

Aves	Columba sjostedti	Cameroon Olive-pigeon	LC	2018	B2

Aves	Chlorophoneus kupeensis	Mount Kupe Bush-shrike	EN	2018	B2

Aves	Poliolais lopezi	White-tailed Warbler	LC	2018	B2

Aves	Kupeornis gilberti	White-throated Mountain-babbler	VU	2018	B2

Aves	Cinnyris ursulae	Ursula's Sunbird	LC	2018	B2

Aves	Nesocharis shelleyi	Shelley's Oliveback	LC	2018	B2

Aves	Malaconotus gladiator	Green-breasted Bush-shrike	VU	2018	B2

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List Category	Year
Aves	Peliperdix lathami	Forest Francolin	LC	2001

Aves	Indicator willcocksi	Willcocks's Honeyguide	LC	2001

Aves	Melichneutes robustus	Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	LC	2001

Aves	Pardipicus nivosus	Buff-spotted Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Elminia nigromitrata	Dusky Crested-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Trochocercus nitens	Western Crested-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Chlorophoneus bocagei	Bocage's Bush-shrike	LC	2001

Aves	Prionops caniceps_old	Red-billed Helmet-shrike		2001

Aves	Neocossyphus poensis	White-tailed Ant-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Alethe diademata_old			2001

Aves	Muscicapa epulata	Little Grey Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Nicator chloris	Western Nicator	LC	2001

Aves	Nicator vireo	Yellow-throated Nicator	LC	2001

Aves	Apalis nigriceps	Black-capped Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Apalis binotata	Masked Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Macrosphenus concolor	Grey Longbill	LC	2001

Aves	Hyliota violacea	Violet-backed Hyliota	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis cleaveri	Black-capped Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Agelastes niger	Black Guineafowl	LC	2001

Aves	Pteronetta hartlaubii	Hartlaub's Duck	LC	2001

Aves	Indicator maculatus	Spotted Honeyguide	LC	2001

Aves	Verreauxia africana	African Piculet	LC	2001

Aves	Campethera tullbergi_old	Tullberg's Woodpecker		2001

Aves	Dendropicos gabonensis_old	Gabon Woodpecker		2001

Aves	Dendropicos xantholophus	Yellow-crested Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Gymnobucco calvus_old	Naked-faced Barbet		2001

Aves	Gymnobucco peli	Bristle-nosed Barbet	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Speckled Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus coryphaea	Western Green Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Buccanodon duchaillui	Yellow-spotted Barbet		2001

Aves	Tricholaema hirsuta	Hairy-breasted Barbet	LC	2001

Aves	Tropicranus albocristatus_old	White-crested Hornbill		2001

Aves	Tockus hartlaubi_old	Black Dwarf Hornbill		2001

Aves	Lophoceros camurus	Dwarf Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Tockus fasciatus_old	African Pied Hornbill		2001

Aves	Ceratogymna atrata	Black-casqued Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Apaloderma vittatum	Bar-tailed Trogon	LC	2001

Aves	Eurystomus gularis	Blue-throated Roller	LC	2001

Aves	Corythornis leucogaster	White-bellied Kingfisher	LC	2001

Aves	Merops gularis	Black Bee-eater	LC	2001

Aves	Merops muelleri_old			2001

Aves	Cercococcyx olivinus	Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	LC	2001

Aves	Centropus leucogaster	Black-throated Coucal	LC	2001

Aves	Psittacus erithacus_old			2001

Aves	Agapornis swindernianus	Black-collared Lovebird	LC	2001

Aves	Neafrapus cassini	Cassin's Spinetail	LC	2001

Aves	Apus sladeniae	Fernando Po Swift	DD	2001

Aves	Apus batesi	Bates's Swift	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus icterinus_old	Icterine Greenbul		2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus xavieri	Xavier's Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Bleda syndactylus	Red-tailed Bristlebill	LC	2001

Aves	Criniger chloronotus	Eastern Bearded Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Criniger calurus	Red-tailed Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Criniger ndussumensis	White-bearded Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus atroflavus	Red-rumped Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Trachyphonus purpuratus_old	Yellow-billed Barbet		2001

Aves	Bycanistes fistulator_old	Piping Hornbill		2001

Aves	Bycanistes subcylindricus	Grey-cheeked Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Bycanistes albotibialis	White-thighed Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Apaloderma aequatoriale	Bare-cheeked Trogon	LC	2001

Aves	Ispidina lecontei	African Dwarf-kingfisher	LC	2001

Aves	Halcyon badia	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	LC	2001

Aves	Cercococcyx mechowi	Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo		2001

Aves	Rhaphidura sabini	Sabine's Spinetail	LC	2001

Aves	Scotopelia bouvieri	Vermiculated Fishing-owl	LC	2001

Aves	Glaucidium tephronotum	Red-chested Owlet	LC	2001

Aves	Columba unicincta	Afep Pigeon	LC	2001

Aves	Dryotriorchis spectabilis	Congo Serpent-eagle	LC	2001

Aves	Aquila africana	Cassin's Hawk-eagle	LC	2001

Aves	Ceblepyris caesius	Grey Cuckooshrike	LC	2001

Aves	Cyanograucalus azureus	Blue Cuckooshrike	LC	2001

Aves	Arizelocichla tephrolaema	Western Mountain Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Baeopogon clamans	White-tailed Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Deleornis fraseri_old	Scarlet-tufted Sunbird		2001

Aves	Anthreptes seimundi	Little Green Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus baglafecht	Baglafecht Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus tricolor	Yellow-mantled Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus albinucha	Maxwell's Black Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus scutatus	Red-vented Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus erythrogaster	Red-bellied Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita fusconotus	White-breasted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Linurgus olivaceus	Oriole Finch	LC	2001

Aves	Tauraco persa	Green Turaco	LC	2001

Aves	Tauraco macrorhynchus	Yellow-billed Turaco	LC	2001

Aves	Bubo poensis_old	Fraser's Eagle-owl		2001

Aves	Glaucidium sjostedti	Sjostedt's Owlet	LC	2001

Aves	Caprimulgus nigriscapularis	Black-shouldered Nightjar		2001

Aves	Columba albinucha	White-naped Pigeon	LC	2001

Aves	Turtur brehmeri	Blue-headed Wood-dove	LC	2001

Aves	Sarothrura pulchra	White-spotted Flufftail	LC	2001

Aves	Himantornis haematopus	Nkulengu Rail	LC	2001

Aves	Canirallus oculeus	Grey-throated Rail	LC	2001

Aves	Accipiter castanilius	Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk	LC	2001

Aves	Urotriorchis macrourus	Long-tailed Hawk	LC	2001

Aves	Pitta reichenowi	Green-breasted Pitta	LC	2001

Aves	Smithornis sharpei	Grey-headed Broadbill	LC	2001

Aves	Smithornis rufolateralis	Rufous-sided Broadbill	LC	2001

Aves	Oriolus brachyrynchus	Western Black-headed Oriole	LC	2001

Aves	Oriolus nigripennis	Black-winged Oriole	LC	2001

Aves	Campephaga petiti	Petit's Cuckooshrike	LC	2001

Aves	Dicrurus atripennis	Shining Drongo	LC	2001

Aves	Erythrocercus mccallii	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Elminia albiventris	White-bellied Crested-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Terpsiphone rufocinerea_old	Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcher		2001

Aves	Dryoscopus senegalensis	Red-eyed Puffback	LC	2001

Aves	Dryoscopus sabini	Sabine's Puffback	LC	2001

Aves	Laniarius poensis_old	Mountain Boubou		2001

Aves	Megabyas flammulatus	African Shrike-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Batis occulta	West African Batis	LC	2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia castanea_old	Chestnut Wattle-eye		2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia tonsa	White-spotted Wattle-eye	LC	2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia chalybea	Black-necked Wattle-eye	LC	2001

Aves	Stizorhina fraseri_old	Rufous Flycatcher-thrush		2001

Aves	Picathartes oreas	Grey-necked Rockfowl	NT	2018

Aves	Geokichla crossleyi	Crossley's Ground-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Geokichla camaronensis	Black-eared Ground-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Fraseria ocreata	African Forest-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Fraseria cinerascens	White-browed Forest-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Artomyias fuliginosa	Sooty Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Fraseria olivascens	Olivaceous Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Muscicapa sethsmithi	Yellow-footed Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Bradornis comitatus	Dusky-blue Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Muscicapa cassini	Cassin's Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Fraseria griseigularis	Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Cossyphicula isabellae	Mountain Robin-chat	LC	2001

Aves	Cossyphicula roberti	White-bellied Robin-chat	LC	2001

Aves	Poeoptera lugubris	Narrow-tailed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Onychognathus walleri	Waller's Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Onychognathus fulgidus	Chestnut-winged Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Hylopsar purpureiceps	Purple-headed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Pholidornis rushiae	Tit-hylia	LC	2001

Aves	Hirundo nigrita	White-bibbed Swallow	LC	2001

Aves	Atronanus fuliginosus	Forest Swallow	LC	2001

Aves	Psalidoprocne nitens	Square-tailed Saw-wing	LC	2001

Aves	Arizelocichla montana	Cameroon Mountain Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas gracilis	Grey Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas ansorgei	Ansorge's Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Cisticola anonymus	Chattering Cisticola	LC	2001

Aves	Cisticola discolor	Brown-backed Cisticola		2001

Aves	Apalis rufogularis	Buff-throated Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Camaroptera superciliaris	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	LC	2001

Aves	Camaroptera chloronota_old	Olive-green Camaroptera		2001

Aves	Eremomela badiceps	Rufous-crowned Eremomela	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvietta virens	Green Crombec	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvietta denti	Lemon-bellied Crombec	LC	2001

Aves	Macrosphenus flavicans	Yellow Longbill	LC	2001

Aves	Hylia prasina	Green Hylia	LC	2001

Aves	Phylloscopus herberti	Black-capped Woodland-warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis fulvescens	Brown Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Kakamega poliothorax	Grey-chested Kakamega	LC	2001

Aves	Anthreptes rectirostris_old	Green Sunbird		2001

Aves	Cyanomitra oritis	Cameroon Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cyanomitra cyanolaema	Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Chalcomitra rubescens	Green-throated Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cinnyris reichenowi	Northern Double-collared Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cinnyris johannae	Johanna's Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cinnyris superbus	Superb Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus melanogaster	Black-billed Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas curvirostris	Plain Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Calyptocichla serinus	Golden Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Baeopogon indicator	Honeyguide Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Ixonotus guttatus	Spotted Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Chlorocichla simplex	Simple Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Thescelocichla leucopleura	Swamp Palm Bulbul	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus nigerrimus_old	Vieillot's Black Weaver		2001

Aves	Ploceus bannermani	Bannerman's Weaver	VU	2018

Aves	Ploceus preussi	Preuss's Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus insignis	Brown-capped Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus racheliae	Rachel's Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus nitens	Blue-billed Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus malimbicus	Crested Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Parmoptila woodhousei	Woodhouse's Antpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita bicolor	Chestnut-breasted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita luteifrons	Pale-fronted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Cryptospiza reichenovii	Red-faced Crimsonwing	LC	2001

Aves	Spermophaga haematina	Western Bluebill	LC	2001

Aves	Crithagra burtoni	Thick-billed Seedeater	LC	2001

Aves	Bleda notatus_old	Lesser Bristlebill		2001

Aves	Terpsiphone rufiventer_old			2001

Aves	Psittacus erithacus	Grey Parrot	EN	2018

Aves	Stiphrornis erythrothorax_old2	Forest Robin		2001

Aves	Ceratogymna elata	Yellow-casqued Hornbill	VU	2018

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Bakossi Mountains. 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 12, 2025.

Bakossi Mountains (6125)Cameroon, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

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Bakossi Mountains (6125)
Cameroon, Africa