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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
Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii	NT	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (1996)	present	A1
Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	60
Artificial/Terrestrial	32
Shrubland	6
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	1

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Semenawi Bahri (Eritrea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/semenawi-bahri-iba-eritrea on 23/12/2024.