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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1991	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	winter	1991	50-100 individuals	B1i
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1991	200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1991	380-400 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1991	500-600 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1991	480-510 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	passage	1991	250 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	passage	1991	200 individuals	A1, B2
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	passage	1991	12,000 individuals	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1991	15,000 individuals	B2
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	breeding	1991	100-125 breeding pairs	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	232,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	marine and freshwater aquaculture - industrial aquaculture	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tel Saharon	Nature Reserve	6	protected area contained by site	0
Newe Ur	Nature Reserve	7	protected area contained by site	0
Nahal Tavor	Nature Reserve	929	protected area overlaps with site	0
Horshat Zaqum (Ma'oz Hayyim)	Nature Reserve	1	protected area contained by site	0
Horshat Zaqum (Kefar Ruppin)	Nature Reserve	3	protected area overlaps with site	4
Ha-Hof Ha-Shaqet	Nature Reserve	67	protected area overlaps with site	67
Ge'on Ha-Yarden Kefar Ruppin	Nature Reserve	11	protected area overlaps with site	11
Ge'on Ha-Yarden Hamadya	Nature Reserve	53	protected area contained by site	53
Ge'on Ha-Yarden	Nature Reserve	53	protected area overlaps with site	53
En Ginda	Nature Reserve	34	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bet Shean (Harhava)	National Park	18	protected area overlaps with site	0
Avuqa	Nature Reserve	6	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-
Grassland		-
Shrubland		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
military	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northern lower Jordan valley. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.