ET013
Choke mountains


IBA Justification

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
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata LC resident (1996) present A3
Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus LC resident (1996) present A3
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris LC resident (1996) present A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris 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
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii LC resident (1996) present A3
Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis NT resident (1996) present A1, 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

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Choke mountains (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/choke-mountains-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.