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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
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
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons	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
Gorgeous Bushshrike Telophorus viridis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Basra Reed-warbler Acrocephalus griseldis	EN	non-breeding (-)	present	A1
Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus	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
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi	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
Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	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
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Malindi Pipit Anthus melindae	LC	resident (-)	present	A1, A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	89
Shrubland	5
Grassland	2
Savanna	2

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laag Badaana (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laag-badaana-iba-somalia on 22/12/2024.