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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	resident	1999	min 25 breeding pairs	B2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1999	abundant	B1i
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	1999	rare	B2
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident	1999	20-40 breeding pairs	B3
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	resident	1999	50 breeding pairs	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1999	abundant	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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Mujib Biosphere Reserve	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	43,915	protected area overlaps with site	0

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maghtas - Sweimeh. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.