Key Biodiversity Areas

Boja swamps (6876)
Somalia, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCorythaixoides leucogasterWhite-bellied Go-away-birdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAcryllium vulturinumVulturine GuineafowlLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPterocles decoratusBlack-faced SandgrouseLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesRhinopomastus minorAbyssinian ScimitarbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTockus deckeniVon der Decken's HornbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPseudonigrita cabanisiBlack-capped Social-weaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesFrancolinus leucoscepusYellow-necked FrancolinLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLanius cabanisiLong-tailed FiscalLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMelierax poliopterusEastern Chanting-goshawkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTchagra jamesiThree-streaked TchagraLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesNectarinia hunteriHunter's SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEuplectes diadematusFire-fronted BishopLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLanius dorsalisTaita FiscalLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAnthreptes orientalisKenya Violet-backed SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTmetothylacus tenellusGolden PipitLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEupodotis gindianaBuff-crested BustardLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Boja swamps. 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.