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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Brown-tailed Chat Oenanthe scotocerca	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Salvadori's Seedeater Crithagra xantholaema	NT	resident (1996)	present	A1, A3

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sof Omar (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sof-omar-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.