BirdLife Data Zone

AM007

Tashir

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1995	4-5 breeding pairs	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1995	1-2 breeding pairs	A1
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage	1995	300-500 individuals	A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1995	4,000-6,300 individuals	B1iv

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2013	high	not assessed	negligible
Was the whole site assessed?	yes	Condition (state) assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	unknown

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - dams (size unknown)	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	industrial & military effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tashir. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/19767 on 03/06/2023.