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Ornithological information See Box and Table 3 for key species. The site is a breeding area for Vanellus superciliosus (nests recorded in 1987 and 1997) and is one of two localities from which Chrysococcyx flavigularis has been recorded in Nigeria.

Site description The Kagoro–Nindam Forest Reserves comprise four Forest Reserves and areas of communal land near Kagoro in southern Kaduna State. The reserves are situated on the Kagoro Hills (a western extension of the Jos Plateau), which rise to over 1,300 m and dominate the landscape. The vegetation of the reserves is a mosaic of savanna and forest. The forests occur mainly in river and stream valleys, but also elsewhere away from the rivers, as a consequence of the relatively high average annual rainfall, about 1,550 mm. Areas of wooded savanna occur on ridge-tops or at previously forested parts that have been cleared for agriculture. The area is drained by numerous streams which empty into the Sanga river.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Kagorko	Forest Reserve	603	protected area contained by site	603
Ninjam	Forest Reserve	5,883	protected area contained by site	5,883

Habitats

Land use

Other biodiversity None known to BirdLife International.

Management considerations Slash-and-burn agriculture, indiscriminate logging, poaching, livestock-grazing and forest-fires are all commonplace. Many of the remaining forest patches in the area are outside the legal boundaries of Forest Reserves, which is likely to hasten their disappearance.

References Dyer et al. (1986), Sharland (1980), Wilkinson and Beecroft (1988).

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/05/2013

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