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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
Yellow-necked Francolin Pternistis leucoscepus	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
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
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bush-shrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Wheatear Oenanthe phillipsi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident	1996	present	A3

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Babile Elephant	Sanctuary	698,200	protected area contains site	678,900

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)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Babille Elephant Sanctuary. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/babille-elephant-sanctuary-iba-ethiopia on 22/09/2023.