SO004
Saylac


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saylac (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saylac-iba-somalia on 23/12/2024.