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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
Basra Reed-warbler Acrocephalus griseldis	EN	passage	-	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1973	Mille-Sardo	Wildlife Reserve	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		48
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		40
Desert		5
Grassland		3
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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