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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
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Wattled Ibis Bostrychia carunculata	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Banded Barbet Lybius undatus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole Oriolus monacha	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
White-winged Cliff-chat Monticola semirufus	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rüppell's Chat Myrmecocichla melaena	LC	resident (1998)	present	A2, A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Abyssinian Citril Crithagra citrinelloides	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
Artificial/Terrestrial	69
Grassland	30

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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