Gacan Libaax (6862)
Somalia, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesTurdus ludoviciaeSomali ThrushVU2018B2link-icon
AvesRhynchostruthus louisaeSomali GrosbeakNT2018B2link-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameYearIUCN Red List Category
Nectarinia habessinicaShining Sunbird2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesEmberiza poliopleuraSomali Golden-breasted Bunting2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesPasser castanopterusSomali Sparrow2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesSylvia boehmiBanded Warbler2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTchagra jamesiThree-streaked Tchagra2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCercomela scotocercaBrown-tailed Chat2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesRhodophoneus cruentusRosy-patched Bush-shrike2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesSylvietta isabellinaSomali Crombec2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesEupodotis humilisLittle Brown Bustard2001LR/ntlink-icon
AvesParus thruppiSomali Tit2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesLaniarius ruficepsRed-naped Bush-shrike2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesPrinia somalicaPale Prinia2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesUraeginthus ianthinogasterPurple Grenadier2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesPhoeniculus somaliensisBlack-billed Woodhoopoe2001LR/lclink-icon
Zosterops abyssinicusWhite-breasted White-eye2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesSerinus dorsostriatusWhite-bellied Canary2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTrachyphonus erythrocephalusRed-and-yellow Barbet2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCalandrella somalicaRufous Short-toed Lark2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTurdoides leucopygiaWhite-rumped Babbler2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesNectarinia hunteriHunter's Sunbird2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesEupodotis gindianaBuff-crested Bustard2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTmetothylacus tenellusGolden Pipit2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTricholaema melanocephalaBlack-throated Barbet2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesSpeculipastor bicolorMagpie Starling2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesLamprotornis shelleyiShelley's Starling2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesMelierax poliopterusEastern Chanting-goshawk2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesMerops revoiliiSomali Bee-eater2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesPloceus spekeiSpeke's Weaver2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesPseudalaemon fremantliiShort-tailed Lark2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCorythaixoides leucogasterWhite-bellied Go-away-bird2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesVidua fischeriStraw-tailed Whydah2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesColumba oliviaeSomali Pigeon2001VUlink-icon
AvesPloceus galbulaRueppell's Weaver2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesRhinopomastus minorAbyssinian Scimitarbill2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesOnychognathus blythiiSomali Starling2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTockus hemprichiiHemprich's Hornbill2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCosmopsarus regiusGolden-breasted Starling2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesOenanthe phillipsiSomali Wheatear2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesSylvietta philippaeShort-billed Crombec2001LR/ntlink-icon
Mirafra gilletti2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesEstrilda charmosynaRed-rumped Waxbill2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesVidua hypocherinaSteel-blue Whydah2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesDinemellia dinemelliWhite-headed Buffalo-weaver2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCamaroptera simplexGrey Wren-warbler2001LR/lclink-icon
Rhynchostruthus socotranus2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesLanius somalicusSomali Fiscal2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesEremopterix signatusChestnut-headed Sparrow-lark2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesPoicephalus rufiventrisRed-bellied Parrot2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesNeotis heugliniiHeuglin's Bustard2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesFrancolinus leucoscepusYellow-necked Francolin2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCaprimulgus donaldsoniDonaldson-Smith's Nightjar2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesAnthreptes orientalisKenya Violet-backed Sunbird2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesBradornis microrhynchusAfrican Grey Flycatcher2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTockus flavirostrisEastern Yellow-billed Hornbill2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesSpreo albicapillusWhite-crowned Starling2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCercomela dubiaSombre Chat2001LR/ntlink-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Gacan Libaax. 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 Oct 10, 2025.