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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana	LC	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
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	winter (1996)	present	A1
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
Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	winter (1996)	present	A1
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Somali Fiscal Lanius somalicus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signatus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Pale Prinia Prinia somalica	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1969	Yangudi Rassa	National Park (II)	100
1973	Gewane	Wildlife Reserve (IV)	9

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	33
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	33
Artificial/Terrestrial	31

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yangudi-Rassa National Park (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yangudi-rassa-national-park-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.