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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
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
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni	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
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii	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
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Manda Boubou Laniarius nigerrimus	LC	resident (1997)	unknown	A2, A3
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna	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
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius	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
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	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
Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A2, A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna	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
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1985	Balcad	Nature Reserve (IV)	100

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Balcad Nature Reserve (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/balcad-nature-reserve-iba-somalia on 22/12/2024.