Key Biodiversity Areas

Nechisar National Park and surroundings (6290)
Ethiopia, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCaprimulgus fraenatusSombre NightjarLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesTockus hemprichiiHemprich's HornbillLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesLanius dorsalisTaita FiscalLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesAnthoscopus musculusMouse-coloured Penduline-titLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesMyrmecocichla albifronsWhite-fronted Black-chatLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus donaldsoniDonaldson-Smith's NightjarLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesCosmopsarus regiusGolden-breasted StarlingLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesCorythaixoides leucogasterWhite-bellied Go-away-birdLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesTurdoides leucopygiaWhite-rumped BabblerLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesPhoeniconaias minorLesser FlamingoLR/nt1996link-icon
AvesPhoeniculus somaliensisBlack-billed WoodhoopoeLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesTurdoides rubiginosaRufous ChattererLR/lc1996link-icon
MalvalesDombeya longebracteolataVU2011link-icon
AvesTockus deckeniVon der Decken's HornbillLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus stellatusStar-spotted NightjarLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesSpeculipastor bicolorMagpie StarlingLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesCisticola bodessaBoran CisticolaLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesCamaroptera simplexGrey Wren-warblerLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesVidua hypocherinaSteel-blue WhydahLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesEremomela flavicrissalisYellow-vented EremomelaLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesRhinopomastus minorAbyssinian ScimitarbillLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus solalaNechisar NightjarVU2011link-icon
MammaliaCrocidura phaeuraGuramba ShrewEN2011link-icon
MammaliaGrammomys minnaeEthiopian Thicket RatVU2011link-icon
AvesPoicephalus rufiventrisRed-bellied ParrotLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesAnthreptes orientalisKenya Violet-backed SunbirdLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesFrancolinus leucoscepusYellow-necked FrancolinLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesCircus macrourusPallid HarrierLR/nt1996link-icon
AvesTurdus tephronotusBare-eyed ThrushLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus erythrocephalusRed-and-yellow BarbetLR/lc1996link-icon
AvesDinemellia dinemelliWhite-headed Buffalo-weaverLR/lc1996link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Nechisar National Park and surroundings. 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.