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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
Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Chestnut-naped Spurfowl Pternistis castaneicollis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera	NT	resident	1996	present	A3
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii	NT	resident	1996	present	A1, A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole Oriolus monacha	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
African Hill-babbler Sylvia abyssinica	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Abyssinian Ground-thrush Geokichla piaggiae	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rüppell's Chat Myrmecocichla melaena	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis	NT	resident	1996	present	A1, A3
Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Godere	National Forest Priority Area	42
-	Yeki	National Forest Priority Area	32
-	Shako	National Forest Priority Area	26
-	Syllem-Wangas	National Forest Priority Area	-
1985	Mizan-Teferi	Controlled Hunting Area	12
2010	Kafa	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		94
Artificial/Terrestrial		3
Savanna		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Metu - Gore - Tepi forests (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/metu--gore--tepi-forests-iba-ethiopia on 22/11/2024.