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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
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis	NT	resident	1996	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser donaldsoni	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident	1996	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1996. The most recent assessment (1996) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Unknown	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Mago	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		8
Forest	Woodland - riparian, Lowland forest - riparian, Woodland - monodominant	major (>10)
Shrubland	Bushland & thicket - deciduous, Bushland & thicket - evergreen	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Riverine floodplains, Rivers & streams, Freshwater lakes and pools, Permanent herbaceous swamps and bogs	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mago National Park (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mago-national-park-iba-ethiopia on 22/11/2024.