MR004
Kediet ej Jill


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
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus LC resident 2001 present A3
Nubian Bustard Neotis nuba NT resident 2001 present A1
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus LC resident 2001 present A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes LC resident 2001 present A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura LC resident 2001 present A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti LC resident 2001 present A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta LC resident 2001 present A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta LC resident 2001 present A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva LC resident 2001 present A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga LC resident 2001 present A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens LC resident 2001 present A3
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex LC resident 2001 present A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus LC resident 2001 present A3

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


Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kediet ej Jill. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kediet-ej-jill-iba-mauritania on 03/12/2023.