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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-naped Bush-shrike Laniarius ruficeps	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Lesser Hoopoe-lark Alaemon hamertoni	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Collared Lark Mirafra collaris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Lark Mirafra somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae	DD	resident	1997	present	A1, A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Northern Grosbeak-canary Crithagra donaldsoni	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ceel Hammure. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ceel-hammure-iba-somalia on 04/10/2023.