SO018
Arbowerow


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum LC resident (1997) present A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus LC resident (1997) present 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
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus LC resident (1997) present A3
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus LC resident (1997) present A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni LC resident (1997) present A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor LC resident (1997) present A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala LC resident (1997) present A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii LC resident (1997) present A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris LC resident (1997) present A3
Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps LC resident (1997) present A3
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi LC resident (1997) present A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis LC resident (1997) present A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra LC resident (1997) present A3
Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina LC resident (1997) present A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex LC resident (1997) present A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa LC resident (1997) present A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri LC resident (1997) present A3
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus LC resident (1997) present A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus LC resident (1997) present A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis 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
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster LC resident (1997) present A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri LC resident (1997) present A3
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis LC resident (1997) present A3
Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula LC resident (1997) present A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus LC resident (1997) present A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura LC resident (1997) present A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a non-breeding (-) min 20,000 birds A4iii

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Alifuuto (Arbowerow) Nature Reserve (IV) 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
nature conservation and research -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arbowerow (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arbowerow-iba-somalia on 22/12/2024.