ET012
Awi Zone


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1996) may differ.


Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


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 22/11/2024.