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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
White-winged Collared-dove Streptopelia reichenowi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A1, A2, A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ruspoli's Turaco Tauraco ruspolii	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A2, A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A2, A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	59
Artificial/Terrestrial	39
Shrubland	1

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Genale river (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/genale-river-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.