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Ceel Hammure


IBA Justification

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
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana LC resident 1997 present A3
Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis NT resident 1997 present A1, A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus LC resident 1997 present A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii LC resident 1997 present A3
Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps LC resident 1997 present A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus LC resident 1997 present A3
Lesser Hoopoe-lark Alaemon hamertoni LC resident 1997 present A3
Collared Lark Mirafra collaris LC resident 1997 present A3
Somali Lark Mirafra somalica LC resident 1997 present A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii LC resident 1997 present A3
Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae DD resident 1997 present A1, A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis LC resident 1997 present A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica LC resident 1997 present A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor LC resident 1997 present A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius LC resident 1997 present A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus LC resident 1997 present A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli LC resident 1997 present A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri LC resident 1997 present A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus LC resident 1997 present A3
Northern Grosbeak-canary Crithagra donaldsoni 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

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


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