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Eastern Hararghe (Harar-Wabi Shebelle)


IBA Justification

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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1970 Babile Elephant Sanctuary 50
1973 Eastern Hararghe (Harar-Wabi Shebelle) Controlled Hunting Area 62


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 22/11/2024.