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Ornithological information See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. To date, 115 species have been recorded from this, as yet, poorly surveyed site. These include six species of global conservation concern. Picathartes gymnocephalus breeds; six active colonies comprising eight nests have been discovered. Thousands of Bubulcus ibis occur regularly.

Site description The Forest Reserve at Kangari is situated on a range of hills in the south-central region of the country. The highest peak, Kangari, lies outside the reserve boundary. The hills are drained by a network of rivers, and the valleys through which they flow support swamps that are suitable, once adapted, for agriculture, which is the main occupation of the inhabitants in surrounding villages. At higher altitudes, at 300–600 m, the vegetation is largely closed moist forest, while secondary forest, interrupted by bush fallow, occurs at lower altitudes. Road access into this reserve is only possible through two towns, Bo and Kono, both more than 60 km distant, to the south and east respectively.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Kangari Hills	No or Non - Hunting Forest Reserve	8,573	is identical to site	8,573

Habitats

Land use

Other biodiversity The following primates species occur: Pan troglodytes verus (EN), Procolobus badius (LR/nt), Colobus polykomus (LR/nt), Cercocebus atys (LR/nt) and Cercopithecus diana (VU). Other mammals known from this site include Loxodonta africana cyclotis (EN), Hyemoschus aquaticus (LR/nt), Cephalophus niger (LR/nt) and C. maxwelli (LR/nt).

Management considerations Kangari Hills is a gazetted Non-hunting Forest Reserve. There is no proper management plan, but a few government forest guards monitor activities within the reserve boundaries, although with poor facilities and inadequate support. Threats to wildlife include illegal farming within the reserve, uncontrolled hunting, gold mining, logging and wood-cutting. Settlements have been established within the reserve by gold miners relatively recently. This site is also a source of medicinal herbs and spices used by the local inhabitants.

References Allan (1990), Phillipson (1978), Thompson (1997a).

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kangari Hills Non-hunting Forest Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/05/2013

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