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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
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-winged Collared-dove Streptopelia reichenowi	LC	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii	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
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
Manda Boubou Laniarius nigerrimus	LC	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	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
Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae	DD	resident	1997	present	A1, A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae	LC	resident	-	present	A1
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus	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	-
other	-

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