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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding	2007	1,000 individuals	A4i
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei	LC	breeding	2007	2 individuals	A3
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	resident	2007	1 individuals	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	2007	20-40 individuals	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	2007	6-8 individuals	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	2007	6 individuals	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	breeding	2007	14 individuals	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding	2007	4 individuals	A3

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - agro-industry grazing, ranching or farmin	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Flood-plain	-
Shrubland	Low bushes	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Water-fringe vegetation	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
forestry	-
military	-
tourism/recreation	-
unknown	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Muskinata. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/22118 on 29/05/2023.