Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
NT
resident
2007-2010
700 breeding pairs
A1, A4i
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
NT
winter
2005-2010
1,800-4,400 individuals
A1, A4i
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
LC
resident
2005-2010
40 breeding pairs
A3
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
LC
breeding
2005-2010
300 breeding pairs
A3
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
LC
winter
2005-2010
3,200 individuals
A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
LC
breeding
2005-2010
1,500 breeding pairs
A4i
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
LC
resident
2005-2010
1,000 breeding pairs
A3
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
LC
breeding
2005-2010
3,600 breeding pairs
A4i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
LC
resident
2005-2010
1,800 breeding pairs
A4i
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei
LC
resident
2005-2010
20 breeding pairs
A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes
LC
resident
2005-2010
10 breeding pairs
A3
Basra Reed-warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
EN
breeding
2005-2010
1,000 breeding pairs
A1, A2, A3
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
LC
resident
2005-2010
200 breeding pairs
A3
Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris
LC
resident
2005-2010
2,000 breeding pairs
A2, A3
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
LC
breeding
2005-2010
500 breeding pairs
A3
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
LC
resident
2005-2010
1,300 breeding pairs
A3, A4ii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds
n/a
winter
2005-2010
50,000-99,999 individuals
A4iii
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2014
not assessed
very high
negligible
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
unset
good
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)
Bogs, marshes, swamps, fens & peatlands
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
energy production and mining
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: West Hammar. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/west-hammar-iba-iraq on 03/12/2023.