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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	winter	-	700 individuals	A4i
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	winter	-	1,200 individuals	A4i
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	winter	-	6,000 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	-	2,800 individuals	A4i
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Dakhla	National Park	1,888,889	is identical to site	0

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
military	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dakhla area. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dakhla-area-iba-morocco on 10/12/2023.