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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage	-	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1996) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1972	Senkelle Swayne's Hartebeest	Sanctuary	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Senkele Sanctuary (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/senkele-sanctuary-iba-ethiopia on 23/11/2024.