ET044
Mugo highlands


IBA Justification

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
Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii LC resident (1996) present A3
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques LC resident (1996) present A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens LC resident (1996) present A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae LC resident (1996) present A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis LC resident (1996) present A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata 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
White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus LC resident (1996) present A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens LC resident (1996) present A3
Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri LC resident (1996) present A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus LC resident (1996) present A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris 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
White-winged Cliff-chat Monticola semirufus LC resident (1996) present A3
Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida LC resident (1996) present A3
Rüppell's Chat Myrmecocichla melaena LC resident (1996) uncommon A2, A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze LC resident (1996) present A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht LC resident (1996) present A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii LC resident (1996) present A3
Abyssinian Longclaw Macronyx flavicollis NT resident (1996) uncommon A1, A3
Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides LC resident (1996) present A3
Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata LC resident (1996) present A3
Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps LC resident (1996) present A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata LC resident (1996) present A3

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
1996 very poor very high very low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no habitat poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest poor (40–69%) poor (40–69%) very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now whole of popul­ation/area (>90%) moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations) very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%) No management planning has taken place Very little or no conservation action taking place very low

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial major (>10) Arable land; Farmbush, fallow & ruderal land; Forestry & agro-industrial plantations; Improved pasture land and wooded farmland
Forest minor (<10) Montane forest - monodominant; Montane forest - undifferentiated

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mugo highlands (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mugo-highlands-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.