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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
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	resident	2008-2010	1,400 individuals	A4ii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
energy production and mining	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
agriculture	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fishkhaboor. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fishkhaboor-iba-iraq on 03/10/2023.