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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	breeding	1975	2 breeding pairs	B2
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3, B3
Plain Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus neglectus	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	A3
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	A3
Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna	LC	breeding	1977	10 breeding pairs	A3
Pale Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1977	present	A3
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea	NT	breeding	1975	1 breeding pairs	A1, A3, B2

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Shrubland		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Western Zagros north of Nowsud. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8110 on 03/06/2023.