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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
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs	NT	resident	1998	present	A3
Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sahelian Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sennar Penduline-tit Anthoscopus punctifrons	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Foret de Pate	Forest Reserve	1
1971	Ferlo-Nord	Wildlife Reserve	81

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		63
Grassland		36

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ferlo North (Senegal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ferlo-north-iba-senegal on 22/11/2024.