ER006
Ghinda


IBA Justification

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
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala LC resident (2000) present A3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia LC resident (2000) present A3
Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii LC resident (2000) present A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus LC resident (2000) present A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula LC resident (2000) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 70
Grassland 27
Shrubland 1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ghinda (Eritrea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ghinda-iba-eritrea on 06/12/2024.