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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
Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
White-backed Black Tit Melaniparus leuconotus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Abyssinian Slaty-flycatcher Melaenornis chocolatinus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Brown-rumped Seedeater Crithagra tristriata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yegof forest (Ethiopia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yegof-forest-iba-ethiopia on 23/12/2024.