BirdLife Data Zone

Al Jadriyah and Umm Al Khanazeer island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 1994 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
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	resident	1981	common	B2
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding	1981	uncommon	A1
Basra Reed-warbler Acrocephalus griseldis	EN	breeding	1981	5 breeding pairs	B2
Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris	LC	resident	1981	40 breeding pairs	B3
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus	LC	breeding	1981	90 breeding pairs	B3
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	breeding	1981	80 breeding pairs	B3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1994).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2013	not assessed	high	negligible
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al Jadriyah and Umm Al Khanazeer island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-jadriyah-and-umm-al-khanazeer-island-iba-iraq on 02/12/2023.