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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
Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera	NT	resident (1996)	100–154 birds	A1, A3, A4i
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	breeding (1996)	present	A3
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A3
Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides	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

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gefersa reservoir (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gefersa-reservoir-iba-ethiopia on 18/12/2024.