The site was identified as important in 1996 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter |
1994 |
43,736 individuals |
A4i |
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
non-breeding |
1995 |
700 individuals |
A4i |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
non-breeding |
1993 |
59,000 individuals |
A4i |
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor |
NT |
non-breeding |
1993-1995 |
100,000-230,000 individuals |
A1, A4i |
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Star-spotted Nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus |
VU |
non-breeding |
1992 |
5 individuals |
A1 |
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
non-breeding |
1992-1993 |
12,000-17,200 individuals |
A4i |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
non-breeding |
1996 |
4,000 individuals |
A4i |
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius |
LC |
non-breeding |
1996 |
10,968 individuals |
A4i |
Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
winter |
1995 |
35,819 individuals |
A4i |
Little Stint Calidris minuta |
LC |
winter |
1994 |
36,272 individuals |
A4i |
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus |
LC |
winter |
1995 |
2,500 individuals |
A4i |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
LC |
winter |
1994 |
650 individuals |
A4i |
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus |
NT |
passage |
1996 |
5 individuals |
A1 |
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii |
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 |
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus |
LC |
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 |
Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina |
LC |
resident |
1996 |
present |
A3 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
non-breeding |
- |
100,000-499,999 individuals |
A4iii |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1996).
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