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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
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
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
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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1969	Yangudi Rassa	National Park	100
1973	Gewane	Wildlife Reserve	9

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		33
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		33
Artificial/Terrestrial		31

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.