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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1999

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1998	present	B2
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	non-breeding	1991	2,000 individuals	B3
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea	NT	passage	1991	1-4 individuals	B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	min 20,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tell er Rusheidiya	محمية طبيعية	231	protected area contained by site	0
El Katar	محمية طبيعية	324	protected area contained by site	0
Ain Al-Fashka	Nature Reserve	2,500	is identical to site	2,500
'Ein Jidi	محمية طبيعية	8,559	protected area contained by site	0
'Ein Fashkha	محمية طبيعية	257	protected area contained by site	0
'Ein el Ghuweir	محمية طبيعية	176	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater springs & oases	-
Desert		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Rural gardens	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ein Al-Fashkha. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.