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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
Harwood's Francolin Pternistis harwoodi	NT	resident	1996	unknown	A1, A2, A3
Erckel's Francolin Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-winged Cliff-chat Monticola semirufus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rüppell's Chat Myrmecocichla melaena	LC	resident	1996	present	A2, A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Ethiopian Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-billed Pytilia Pytilia lineata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra xanthopygia	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).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jemma and Jara valleys. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jemma-and-jara-valleys-iba-ethiopia on 04/10/2023.