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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1996 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
Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus	NT	resident (1996)	present	A3
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole Oriolus monacha	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-winged Cliff-chat Monticola semirufus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis	NT	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Chilimo-Gaji	National Forest Priority Area (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	100	Montane forest - mixed

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chilimo-Gaji forest (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chilimo-gaji-forest-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.