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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
Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii	NT	resident (2000)	present	A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (1996)	present	A1
Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rüppell's Chat Myrmecocichla melaena	LC	resident (1996)	present	A2, A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident (2000)	1 unknown	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra xanthopygia	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	96
Grassland	3

Land use	% of IBA
water management	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Asmara escarpment (Eritrea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/asmara-escarpment-iba-eritrea on 19/12/2024.