Togdheer - Saxiil
Central coordinates
9o 52' North 44o 48' East Map
Area
55000 ha
Altitude
200 - 1000m
Criteria
A1, A2, A3
Site description Gacan Libaax (Ga'an Libah) is situated in the western part of the northern mountains, south of the coastal town of Berbera, extending westwards along the escarpment from near the village of Shiikh. Included also is Mount Wagar, immediately to the north of Shiikh. The vegetation of the site comprises c.30,000 ha of Afromontane vegetation and 20,000 ha of Buxus hildebrandtii-dominated evergreen and semi-evergreen bushland and thicket.
Land-use and percentage cover
unknown
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Birds See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. This is the only locality known in the country for Cercomela dubia (and Muscicapa gambagae), while several of the other Somali-Masai biome species, including Rhynchostruthus socotranus, are known from few other IBAs nationally.
Species Season
Year
Min
Max
Quality
Criteria
Yellow-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus leucoscepus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Eastern Chanting-goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) resident 1 0 0 - A3
Heuglin's Bustard (Neotis heuglinii) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Buff-crested Bustard (Eupodotis gindiana) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Little Brown Bustard (Eupodotis humilis) resident 1997 0 0 - A1, A3
Somali Pigeon (Columba oliviae) resident 1997 0 0 - A1, A2, A3
Red-bellied Parrot (Poicephalus rufiventris) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
White-bellied Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides leucogaster) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar (Caprimulgus donaldsoni) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Somali Bee-eater (Merops revoilii) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Black-billed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Hemprich's Hornbill (Tockus hemprichii) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Black-throated Barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala) resident 0 0 - A3
Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) resident 0 0 - A3
Rosy-patched Bush-shrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Three-streaked Tchagra (Tchagra jamesi) resident 0 0 - A3
Red-naped Bush-shrike (Laniarius ruficeps) resident- 1 0 0 - A3
Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Somali Tit (Parus thruppi) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
(Mirafra gilletti) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Rufous Short-toed Lark (Calandrella somalica) resident 0 0 - A3
Short-tailed Lark (Pseudalaemon fremantlii) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix signatus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Pale Prinia (Prinia somalica) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Grey Wren-warbler (Camaroptera simplex) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Short-billed Crombec (Sylvietta philippae) resident 1997 0 0 - A1, A3
Somali Crombec (Sylvietta isabellina) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Banded Warbler (Sylvia boehmi) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
White-rumped Babbler (Turdoides leucopygia) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
White-breasted White-eye (Zosterops abyssinicus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Shelley's Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Golden-breasted Starling (Cosmopsarus regius) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
White-crowned Starling (Spreo albicapillus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Somali Starling (Onychognathus blythii) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Magpie Starling (Speculipastor bicolor) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Somali Thrush (Turdus ludoviciae) resident 1997 0 0 - A1, A2, A3
Somali Wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Brown-tailed Chat (Cercomela scotocerca) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Sombre Chat (Cercomela dubia) resident 1997 0 0 - A1, A3
African Grey Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes orientalis) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Hunter's Sunbird (Nectarinia hunteri) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Shining Sunbird (Nectarinia habessinica) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Somali Sparrow (Passer castanopterus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
White-headed Buffalo-weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Rueppell's Weaver (Ploceus galbula) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei) resident 2000 0 0 - A3
Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Red-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda charmosyna) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Straw-tailed Whydah (Vidua fischeri) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Golden Pipit (Tmetothylacus tenellus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
White-bellied Canary (Serinus dorsostriatus) resident 2005 0 0 - A3
(Rhynchostruthus socotranus) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
Somali Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza poliopleura) resident 1997 0 0 - A3
this is great for the country a future national park along with daalo