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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	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
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Brown-tailed Chat Oenanthe scotocerca	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus	LC	resident	1997	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident	1997	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Zayla	National Park	-

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saylac (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saylac-iba-somalia on 22/11/2024.