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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Erckel's Francolin Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole Oriolus monacha	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-winged Cliff-chat Monticola semirufus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rüppell's Chat Myrmecocichla melaena	LC	resident	1998	present	A2, A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Grassland		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Senafe. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/senafe-iba-eritrea on 01/10/2023.