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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter	-	225 individuals	A4i
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	-	30 individuals	A1, A4i
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Messeied-Abeteih	Réserve de Chasse Permanente	636,131	protected area overlaps with site	0

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Msseyed. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.