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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1996

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Yellow-necked Francolin Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	winter	1996	unknown	A1
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Trachyphonus darnaudii	NR	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	winter	1996	unknown	A1
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bush-shrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Cinnyris habessinica	NR	resident	1996	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Yangudi Rassa	National Park	473,100	is identical to site	473,100

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial - terrestrial		-
Rocky areas		-
Grassland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Yangudi-Rassa National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/09/2019.