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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
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii	NT	resident	1996	present	A1, A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage	-	present	A1
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-winged Cliff-chat Monticola semirufus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Desa-A	National Forest Priority Area	33

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		97
Grassland		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dessa'a forest (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dessaa-forest-iba-ethiopia on 23/11/2024.