Key Biodiversity Areas

Atewa Range Forest Reserve (6312)
Ghana, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AmphibiaPhrynobatrachus afiabiragoAfia Birago's Puddle FrogCR2022A1e, B1link-icon
AmphibiaConraua sagyimaseAtewa Slippery FrogCR2022A1a, A1e, B1link-icon
MammaliaColobus vellerosusWhite-thighed ColobusCR2022A1alink-icon
AmphibiaHyperolius bobirensisBobiri Reed FrogVU2022A1b, B1link-icon
AmphibiaPhrynobatrachus ghanensisGhana River FrogNT2022B1link-icon
MammaliaCercopithecus loweiLowe's MonkeyVU2022A1dlink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesTauraco persaGreen TuracoLC2022link-icon
AvesHylopsar cupreocaudaCopper-tailed StarlingNT2022link-icon
MalvalesNesogordonia papaveriferaVU2022link-icon
MagnolialesMonocyclanthus vigneiEN2022link-icon
EricalesAubregrinia taiensisCR2022link-icon
MalpighialesTapura ivorensisVU2022link-icon
SapindalesVepris heterophyllaEN2022link-icon
SapindalesLeplaea cedrataVU2022link-icon
SapindalesKhaya ivorensisVU2022link-icon
SapindalesKhaya anthothecaEast African MahoganyVU2022link-icon
SapindalesEntandrophragma utileVU2022link-icon
MalpighialesAnopyxis klaineanaVU2022link-icon
SapindalesAntrocaryon micrasterVU2022link-icon
SapindalesEntandrophragma angolenseTiama MahoganyNT2022link-icon
SapindalesEntandrophragma candolleiVU2022link-icon
SapindalesEntandrophragma cylindricumSapeleVU2022link-icon
FabalesGuibourtia ehieBlack HyeduaLC2022link-icon
MalpighialesLophira alataAzobeVU2022link-icon
SapindalesLovoa trichilioidesAfrican WalnutLC2022link-icon
GentianalesNauclea diderrichiiNT2022link-icon
SapindalesTurraeanthus africanaVU2022link-icon
MalvalesRhodognaphalon brevicuspeVU2022link-icon
ApialesCussonia bancoensisVU2022link-icon
RosalesMilicia regiaIrokoVU2022link-icon
MammaliaCercopithecus diana_oldDiana Monkey2022link-icon
GentianalesMitragyna stipulosaNT2022link-icon
MalpighialesDrypetes pellegriniiVU2022link-icon
SapindalesPlacodiscus boyaVU2022link-icon
MalvalesCola reticulataVU2022link-icon
MalpighialesDrypetes afzeliiVU2022link-icon
MalpighialesGarcinia epunctataVU2022link-icon
MalpighialesGarcinia kolaVU2022link-icon
EricalesNeolemonniera clitandrifoliaVU2022link-icon
MagnolialesPiptostigma fugaxLC2022link-icon
GentianalesRobynsia glabrataVU2022link-icon
MagnolialesXylopia elliotiiLC2022link-icon
MalpighialesDactyladenia dinklageiVU2022link-icon
GentianalesPavetta mollissimaVU2022link-icon
MalpighialesPhyllanthus profususVU2022link-icon
PapilionoideaMylothris atewaAtewa Dotted BorderVU2022link-icon
AmphibiaKassina arboricolaIvory Coast Running FrogVU2022link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus purpuratus_oldYellow-billed Barbet2022link-icon
AvesTropicranus albocristatus_oldWhite-crested Hornbill2022link-icon
AvesMalimbus rubricollisRed-headed MalimbeLC2022link-icon
AmphibiaConraua derooiTogo Slippery FrogCR2022link-icon
AvesMuscicapa cassiniCassin's FlycatcherLC2022link-icon
AvesFraseria griseigularisGrey-throated Tit-flycatcherLC2022link-icon
AvesStizorhina fraseri_oldRufous Flycatcher-thrush2022link-icon
AvesNeocossyphus poensisWhite-tailed Ant-thrushLC2022link-icon
AvesAlethe diademata_old2022link-icon
AvesHirundo nigritaWhite-bibbed SwallowLC2022link-icon
AvesEurillas gracilisGrey GreenbulLC2022link-icon
AvesEurillas curvirostrisPlain GreenbulLC2022link-icon
AvesBaeopogon indicatorHoneyguide GreenbulLC2022link-icon
AvesNigrita bicolorChestnut-breasted NigritaLC2022link-icon
AvesSpermophaga haematinaWestern BluebillLC2022link-icon
AvesPsittacus erithacusGrey ParrotEN2022link-icon
AvesTerpsiphone rufiventer_old2022link-icon
AvesStiphrornis erythrothorax_old2Forest Robin2022link-icon
MyrtalesTerminalia ivorensisVU2022link-icon
EricalesTieghemella heckeliiEN2022link-icon
AvesIndicator willcocksiWillcocks's HoneyguideLC2022link-icon
AvesSmithornis rufolateralisRufous-sided BroadbillLC2022link-icon
AvesOriolus brachyrynchusWestern Black-headed OrioleLC2022link-icon
AvesElminia nigromitrataDusky Crested-flycatcherLC2022link-icon
AvesPeliperdix lathamiForest FrancolinLC2022link-icon
AvesPternistis ahantensisAhanta FrancolinLC2022link-icon
AvesIndicator maculatusSpotted HoneyguideLC2022link-icon
AvesCampethera caroliBrown-eared WoodpeckerLC2022link-icon
AvesGymnobucco calvus_oldNaked-faced Barbet2022link-icon
AvesGymnobucco peliBristle-nosed BarbetLC2022link-icon
AvesPogoniulus atroflavusRed-rumped TinkerbirdLC2022link-icon
AvesPogoniulus subsulphureusYellow-throated TinkerbirdLC2022link-icon
AvesTricholaema hirsutaHairy-breasted BarbetLC2022link-icon
AvesTockus hartlaubi_oldBlack Dwarf Hornbill2022link-icon
AvesTockus fasciatus_oldAfrican Pied Hornbill2022link-icon
AvesCorythornis leucogasterWhite-bellied KingfisherLC2022link-icon
AvesHalcyon badiaChocolate-backed KingfisherLC2022link-icon
AvesMerops gularisBlack Bee-eaterLC2022link-icon
AvesCercococcyx mechowiDusky Long-tailed Cuckoo2022link-icon
AvesCercococcyx olivinusOlive Long-tailed CuckooLC2022link-icon
AvesCentropus leucogasterBlack-throated CoucalLC2022link-icon
AvesPsittacus erithacus_old2022link-icon
AvesTauraco macrorhynchusYellow-billed TuracoLC2022link-icon
AvesColumba unicinctaAfep PigeonLC2022link-icon
AvesTurtur brehmeriBlue-headed Wood-doveLC2022link-icon
AvesSarothrura pulchraWhite-spotted FlufftailLC2022link-icon
AvesHimantornis haematopusNkulengu RailLC2022link-icon
AvesChlorocichla simplexSimple GreenbulLC2022link-icon
AvesPhyllastrephus albigularis_oldWhite-throated Greenbul2022link-icon
AvesTrochocercus nitensWestern Crested-flycatcherLC2022link-icon
AvesDryoscopus sabiniSabine's PuffbackLC2022link-icon
AvesMalaconotus cruentusFiery-breasted Bush-shrikeLC2022link-icon
AvesDyaphorophyia castanea_oldChestnut Wattle-eye2022link-icon
AvesDyaphorophyia blissettiRed-cheeked Wattle-eyeLC2022link-icon
AvesPhyllastrephus icterinus_oldIcterine Greenbul2022link-icon
AvesBleda syndactylusRed-tailed BristlebillLC2022link-icon
AvesBleda eximiusGreen-tailed BristlebillNT2022link-icon
AvesBleda canicapillusGrey-headed BristlebillLC2022link-icon
AvesNicator chlorisWestern NicatorLC2022link-icon
AvesCriniger barbatusWestern Bearded GreenbulLC2022link-icon
AvesCriniger calurusRed-tailed GreenbulLC2022link-icon
AvesCriniger olivaceusYellow-bearded GreenbulVU2022link-icon
AvesApalis nigricepsBlack-capped ApalisLC2022link-icon
AvesApalis sharpiiSharpe's ApalisLC2022link-icon
AvesCamaroptera superciliarisYellow-browed CamaropteraLC2022link-icon
AvesEremomela badicepsRufous-crowned EremomelaLC2022link-icon
AvesSylvietta virensGreen CrombecLC2022link-icon
AvesMacrosphenus kempiKemp's LongbillLC2022link-icon
AvesMacrosphenus concolorGrey LongbillLC2022link-icon
AvesHylia prasinaGreen HyliaLC2022link-icon
AvesIlladopsis cleaveriBlack-capped IlladopsisLC2022link-icon
AvesIlladopsis rufescensRufous-winged IlladopsisNT2022link-icon
AvesIlladopsis fulvescensBrown IlladopsisLC2022link-icon
AvesChalcomitra adelbertiBuff-throated SunbirdLC2022link-icon
AvesCinnyris superbusSuperb SunbirdLC2022link-icon
AvesMalimbus scutatusRed-vented MalimbeLC2022link-icon
AvesMalimbus nitensBlue-billed MalimbeLC2022link-icon
AvesMalimbus malimbicusCrested MalimbeLC2022link-icon
AvesNigrita fusconotusWhite-breasted NigritaLC2022link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Atewa Range Forest 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 Nov 16, 2025.