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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
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs	NT	resident	2000	present	A3
Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sennar Penduline-tit Anthoscopus punctifrons	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Sahel Bush-sparrow Gymnoris dentata	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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1959	Gash-Setit	Wildlife Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		88
Artificial/Terrestrial		10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Western Plain: Gash - Setit (Eritrea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/western-plain:-gash--setit-iba-eritrea on 23/11/2024.