Key Biodiversity Areas

Xawaadley reservoir (6870)
Somalia, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesSylvietta isabellinaSomali CrombecLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPloceus dichrocephalusSalvadori's WeaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAnthoscopus musculusMouse-coloured Penduline-titLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesColius leucocephalusWhite-headed MousebirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesNectarinia hunteriHunter's SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMirafra hypermetraRed-winged LarkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSerinus dorsostriatusWhite-bellied CanaryLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTachybaptus ruficollisLittle GrebeLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMirafra poecilosternaPink-breasted LarkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAcryllium vulturinumVulturine GuineafowlLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTurdoides rubiginosaRufous ChattererLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPasser gongonensisParrot-billed SparrowLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEremomela flavicrissalisYellow-vented EremomelaLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTricholaema melanocephalaBlack-throated BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTockus deckeniVon der Decken's HornbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMelierax poliopterusEastern Chanting-goshawkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCisticola cinereolusAshy CisticolaLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTmetothylacus tenellusGolden PipitLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAnhinga rufaAfrican DarterLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEremopterix signatusChestnut-headed Sparrow-larkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesRhodophoneus cruentusRosy-patched Bush-shrikeLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTurdoides aylmeriScaly ChattererLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCasmerodius albusGreat White EgretLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus darnaudiiD'Arnaud's BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMacronyx aurantiigulaPangani LongclawLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEmberiza poliopleuraSomali Golden-breasted BuntingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCorythaixoides leucogasterWhite-bellied Go-away-birdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesSpreo fischeriFischer's StarlingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTockus flavirostrisEastern Yellow-billed HornbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPrinia somalicaPale PriniaLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPterocles decoratusBlack-faced SandgrouseLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPloceus bojeriGolden Palm WeaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCosmopsarus regiusGolden-breasted StarlingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAnthreptes orientalisKenya Violet-backed SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEuplectes diadematusFire-fronted BishopLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPoicephalus rufiventrisRed-bellied ParrotLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCamaroptera simplexGrey Wren-warblerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus donaldsoniDonaldson-Smith's NightjarLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTchagra jamesiThree-streaked TchagraLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesVidua fischeriStraw-tailed WhydahLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEupodotis gindianaBuff-crested BustardLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLanius cabanisiLong-tailed FiscalLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesZosterops abyssinicusWhite-breasted White-eyeLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLanius dorsalisTaita FiscalLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesDinemellia dinemelliWhite-headed Buffalo-weaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesFrancolinus leucoscepusYellow-necked FrancolinLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Xawaadley reservoir. 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 16, 2025.