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War Harqaan - isha Dolondole


IBA Justification

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
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster LC resident 1997 present A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris LC resident 1997 present A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni LC resident 1997 present A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex LC resident 1997 present A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa LC resident 1997 present A3
Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii LC resident 1997 present A3
Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri LC resident 1997 present A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis LC resident 1997 present A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri LC resident 1997 present A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli LC resident 1997 present A3

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


Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: War Harqaan - isha Dolondole (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/war-harqaan--isha-dolondole-iba-somalia on 23/11/2024.