ML005
Ag Oua - Ag Arbech


IBA Justification

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
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea LC resident 1997 present A3
Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius LC resident 1997 present A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus LC resident 1997 present A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes LC resident 1997 present A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti LC resident 1997 present A3
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans LC resident 1997 present A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva LC resident 1997 present A3
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher LC resident 1997 present A3
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe LC resident 1997 present A3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura LC resident 1997 present A3
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus LC resident 1997 present A3

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


Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland) -
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) -
Grassland -
Desert -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ag Oua - Ag Arbech. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ag-oua--ag-arbech-iba-mali on 04/12/2023.