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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Gillett's Lark Calendulauda gilletti	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Lark Mirafra somalica	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Obbia Lark Spizocorys obbiensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A1, A2, A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3
Northern Grosbeak-canary Crithagra donaldsoni	LC	resident (1997)	present	A3

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Xarardheere - Awale Rugno (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/xarardheere--awale-rugno-iba-somalia on 23/12/2024.