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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
Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera	NT	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident (1996)	present	A3
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole Oriolus monacha	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-winged Cliff-chat Monticola semirufus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A3
Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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