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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
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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Desa-A	National Forest Priority Area (-)	33

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

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 23/12/2024.