Key Biodiversity Areas

Asmara escarpment (6227)
Eritrea, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesFrancolinus erckeliiErckel's FrancolinLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSerinus tristriatusBrown-rumped SeedeaterLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMyrmecocichla melaenaRueppell's ChatLC2011link-icon
AvesSerinus xanthopygiusYellow-rumped SeedeaterLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesDendropicos abyssinicusAbyssinian WoodpeckerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTurdoides leucopygiaWhite-rumped BabblerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSerinus striolatusStreaky SeedeaterLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPasser swainsoniiSwainson's SparrowLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesNectarinia tacazzeTacazze SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEstrilda melanotisSwee WaxbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesBostrychia carunculataWattled IbisLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPloceus galbulaRueppell's WeaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPloceus baglafechtBaglafecht WeaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAgapornis tarantaBlack-winged LovebirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesStreptopelia lugensDusky Turtle-doveLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesZosterops abyssinicusWhite-breasted White-eyeLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSerinus citrinelloidesAbyssinian CitrilLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTockus hemprichiiHemprich's HornbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesRougetius rougetiiRouget's RailLR/nt2001link-icon
AvesZosterops poliogastrusLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus fraenatusSombre NightjarLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesFalco naumanniLesser KestrelVU2011link-icon
AvesOnychognathus blythiiSomali StarlingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCossypha semirufaRueppell's Robin-chatLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLybius undatusBanded BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Asmara escarpment. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 15, 2025.