SO007
Boorama plains


IBA Justification

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
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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


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 23/12/2024.