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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi	LC	breeding	1997	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Liben Lark Heteromirafra archeri	CR	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Wheatear Oenanthe phillipsi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	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
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus louisae	NT	resident	1997	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Boorama plains (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/boorama-plains-iba-somalia on 22/11/2024.