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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
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole Oriolus monacha	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Plateau (Keren) (Eritrea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-plateau-(keren)-iba-eritrea on 23/12/2024.