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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		83
Grassland		16

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern Plateau: Furrus (Eritrea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-plateau:-furrus-iba-eritrea on 23/11/2024.