Lake Natron and Engaruka basin (6994)
Tanzania, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesPhoeniconaias minorLesser FlamingoLR/nt2001B1, D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameYearIUCN Red List Category
AvesLanius cabanisiLong-tailed Fiscal2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesEupodotis gindianaBuff-crested Bustard2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesPasser suahelicusSwahili Sparrow2001LR/lclink-icon
Zosterops abyssinicusWhite-breasted White-eye2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesBradornis microrhynchusAfrican Grey Flycatcher2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesPterocles decoratusBlack-faced Sandgrouse2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesFrancolinus leucoscepusYellow-necked Francolin2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesUraeginthus cyanocephalusBlue-capped Cordonbleu2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesMacronyx aurantiigulaPangani Longclaw2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTockus deckeniVon der Decken's Hornbill2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCamaroptera simplexGrey Wren-warbler2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTurdoides aylmeriScaly Chatterer2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesSylvia boehmiBanded Warbler2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTrachyphonus erythrocephalusRed-and-yellow Barbet2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesMelierax poliopterusEastern Chanting-goshawk2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesAgapornis fischeriFischer's Lovebird2001LR/ntlink-icon
AvesTurdoides hypoleucaNorthern Pied-babbler2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesUraeginthus ianthinogasterPurple Grenadier2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCaprimulgus fraenatusSombre Nightjar2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesRhinopomastus minorAbyssinian Scimitarbill2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesRhodophoneus cruentusRosy-patched Bush-shrike2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCorythaixoides leucogasterWhite-bellied Go-away-bird2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesLamprotornis hildebrandtiHildebrandt's Starling2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesSerinus dorsostriatusWhite-bellied Canary2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesVidua hypocherinaSteel-blue Whydah2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTurdoides rubiginosaRufous Chatterer2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesTricholaema melanocephalaBlack-throated Barbet2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCisticola cinereolusAshy Cisticola2001LR/lclink-icon
Trachyphonus darnaudiiD'Arnaud's Barbet2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesEstrilda charmosynaRed-rumped Waxbill2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesCaprimulgus donaldsoniDonaldson-Smith's Nightjar2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesVidua fischeriStraw-tailed Whydah2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesLanius dorsalisTaita Fiscal2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesAnthreptes orientalisKenya Violet-backed Sunbird2001LR/lclink-icon
AvesParus fringillinusRed-throated Tit2001LR/ntlink-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Lake Natron and Engaruka basin. 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 12, 2025.