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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 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
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Somali Wheatear Oenanthe phillipsi	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3
Salvadori's Seedeater Crithagra xantholaema	NT	resident (1912)	present	A1, A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident (1995)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1970	Babile Elephant	Sanctuary (II)	50
1973	Eastern Hararghe (Harar-Wabi Shebelle)	Controlled Hunting Area (VI)	62

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Hararghe (Harar-Wabi Shebelle) (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-hararghe-(harar-wabi-shebelle)-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.