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The site was identified as important in 1996 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
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	1995	30 individuals	A1
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii	NT	resident	1996	present	A1
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	non-breeding	1996	133 individuals	A4i

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1996).

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

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Ashenge. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-ashenge-iba-ethiopia on 28/09/2023.