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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis	NT	resident	1997	present	A1, 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
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	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
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Lesser Hoopoe-lark Alaemon hamertoni	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Lark Mirafra somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Philippa's Crombec Sylvietta philippae	DD	resident	1997	present	A1, A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Wheatear Oenanthe phillipsi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Taleh-El Chebet	National Park	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lascaanod - Taleex - Ceel Chebet (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lascaanod--taleex--ceel-chebet-iba-somalia on 23/11/2024.