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The site was identified as important in 1999 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
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident	1998	unknown	A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage	-	present	A1
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1998	present	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1999).

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gebel Maghara. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gebel-maghara-iba-egypt on 06/12/2023.