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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ruspoli's Turaco Tauraco ruspolii	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A2, A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	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
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Salvadori's Seedeater Crithagra xantholaema	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Negele (Mankubssa)	National Forest Priority Area (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	66
Grassland	33

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mankubsa - Welenso forest (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mankubsa--welenso-forest-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.