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Green Lake


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca NT winter 1996 4-5 individuals A1
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor NT non-breeding 1996 25,000 individuals A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a non-breeding 1996 20,000-49,999 individuals A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1996) may differ.


Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Green Lake (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/green-lake-iba-ethiopia on 23/11/2024.