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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-winged Collared-dove Streptopelia reichenowi	LC	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus	LC	resident	1997	present	A2, A3
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae	LC	resident	1997	present	A1, A3
Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Barako Madow	Forest Reserve	-
-	Shoonto	Forest Reserve	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aangole - Farbiito (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aangole--farbiito-iba-somalia on 22/11/2024.