SO008
Lascaanod - Taleex - Ceel Chebet


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
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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
other -


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 23/12/2024.