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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Star-spotted Nightjar Caprimulgus stellatus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Little Brown Bustard Heterotetrax humilis	NT	resident	1996	present	A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk Melierax poliopterus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Hemprich's Hornbill Lophoceros hemprichii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	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
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Ethiopian Bushcrow Zavattariornis stresemanni	EN	resident	1996	present	A1, A2, A3
Somali Tit Melaniparus thruppi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit Anthoscopus musculus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Collared Lark Mirafra collaris	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Masked Lark Spizocorys personata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Grey Wren-warbler Calamonastes simplex	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Boran Cisticola Cisticola bodessa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis	VU	resident	1996	present	A1, A2, A3
Banded Warbler Curruca boehmi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Kenya White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda charmosyna	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Grey-headed Silverbill Spermestes griseicapilla	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Northern Grosbeak-canary Crithagra donaldsoni	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura	LC	resident	1996	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1996) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1996. The most recent assessment (1996) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Savanna	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1973	Borana	Controlled Hunting Area	10
1985	Yabello	Sanctuary	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		98
Artificial/Terrestrial		1
Savanna		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yabello Sanctuary (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yabello-sanctuary-iba-ethiopia on 22/11/2024.