SO015
Jowhar - Warshiikh


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
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum LC resident (1997) present A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus LC resident (1997) present A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus LC resident (1997) present A3
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni LC resident (1997) present A3
Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi 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
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster LC resident (1997) present A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus LC resident (1997) present A3
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus LC resident (1997) present A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni LC resident (1997) present A3
Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides LC resident (1997) present A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala LC resident (1997) present A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii 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
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi LC resident (1997) present A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis LC resident (1997) present A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus LC resident (1997) present A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus LC resident (1997) present A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus LC resident (1997) present A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna LC resident (1997) present A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra LC resident (1997) present A3
Somali Lark Mirafra somalica LC resident (1997) present A3
Somali Lark Mirafra somalica LC resident (1997) present A1, A2, A3
Obbia Lark Spizocorys obbiensis LC resident (1997) present A1, A2, A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex LC resident (1997) present A3
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus LC resident (1997) present A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica LC resident (1997) present A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis LC resident (1997) present A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa LC resident (1997) present A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri LC resident (1997) present A3
Scaly Babbler Turdoides squamulata LC resident (1997) present A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor LC resident (1997) present A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius LC resident (1997) present A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri LC resident (1997) present A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis LC resident (1997) present A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri LC resident (1997) present A3
Violet-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris chalcomelas LC resident (1997) present A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli LC resident (1997) present A3
Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus LC resident (1997) present A3
Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri LC resident (1997) present A3
Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus LC resident (1997) present A2, 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
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis LC resident (1997) present A3
Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae LC resident (1997) present A1, A3
Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula LC resident (1997) present A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus LC 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

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jowhar - Warshiikh (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jowhar--warshiikh-iba-somalia on 22/12/2024.