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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Pigeon Columba oliviae	LC	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis	NT	resident (1997)	present	A1, A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae	DD	resident (1997)	present	A1, A3
Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Thrush Turdus ludoviciae	LC	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Wheatear Oenanthe phillipsi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Brown-tailed Chat Oenanthe scotocerca	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Sombre Rockchat Oenanthe dubia	DD	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus louisae	NT	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gacan Libaax (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gacan-libaax-iba-somalia on 23/12/2024.