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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Yellow-necked Francolin Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis	LC	breeding	1962	2,000 breeding pairs	A4i
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus	LC	breeding	1962	2,000 individuals	A4i
African Spoonbill Platalea alba	LC	breeding	1962	250 breeding pairs	A4i
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus	LC	breeding	1962	2,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1962	1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	breeding	1962	10,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1962	200 breeding pairs	A4i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1962	1,500 breeding pairs	A4i
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	LC	breeding	1962	10,000 breeding pairs	A4i
African Darter Anhinga rufa	LC	breeding	1962	8,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri	NT	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae	VU	resident	2000	present	A1, A2, A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda	LC	resident	2000	present	A2, A3
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1962	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Unyambiu North	Forest Reserve	29,304	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wembere steppe. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.