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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
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Yellow-necked Francolin Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-winged Collared-dove Streptopelia reichenowi	NT	resident	1996	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis	NT	resident	1996	present	A1, 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
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii	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
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-naped Bush-shrike Laniarius ruficeps	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bush-shrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Collared Lark Mirafra collaris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Masked Lark Spizocorys personata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae	DD	resident	1996	present	A1, A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	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
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides	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
Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Northern Grosbeak-canary Crithagra donaldsoni	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)
Eastern Hararghe (Harar-Wabi Shebelle)	Controlled Hunting Area	2,378,800	protected area is adjacent to site	0

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

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Wabi Shebelle river and Warder. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-wabi-shebelle-river-and-warder-iba-ethiopia on 23/09/2023.