• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1996) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.