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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
Djibouti Francolin Pternistis ochropectus	CR	resident	-	present	A1, A2
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mabla. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.