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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1996 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
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ruspoli's Turaco Tauraco ruspolii	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A2, A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	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
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	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
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae	DD	resident (1996)	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii	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
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Salvadori's Seedeater Crithagra xantholaema	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A3
Northern Grosbeak-canary Crithagra donaldsoni	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Arero	National Forest Priority Area (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	51	Montane forest - mixed; Woodland - mixed
Grassland	49	Grassland - montane

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arero forest (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arero-forest-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.