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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
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Pigeon Columba oliviae	LC	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Lesser Hoopoe-lark Alaemon hamertoni	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Lark Mirafra somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Thrush Turdus ludoviciae	LC	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3
Somali Wheatear Oenanthe phillipsi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus louisae	NT	resident	1997	present	A3
Warsangli Linnet Linaria johannis	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

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: Daalo (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/daalo-iba-somalia on 22/11/2024.