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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
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1991	present	A3, B3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1991	350 individuals	A4i, B1i
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident	1991	8 breeding pairs	A3, B3
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	non-breeding	1991	1 individuals	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1991	7-14 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1991	8-18 breeding pairs	B2
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos	EN	non-breeding	1991	1-2 individuals	B2
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	passage	1991	5,000-10,000 individuals	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage	1991	29 individuals	A1, B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1991	3-5 breeding pairs	A3, B3
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	LC	breeding	1991	4 breeding pairs	B2
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident	1991	present	A3, B3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1991	200 breeding pairs	B3
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha	LC	resident	1991	10 breeding pairs	A3, B3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	14,000-19,000 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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tel Qeriyyot	Nature Reserve	1,017	protected area contained by site	1,017
Nahal Abbuv	Nature Reserve	960	protected area contained by site	960
Midbar Yehuda	Nature Reserve	53,472	protected area overlaps with site	53,386
Mezada (Harhava)	National Park	172	protected area contained by site	0
Kanee springs	Nature Reserve	100	protected area contained by site	100
En Gedi	Nature Reserve	1,430	protected area contained by site	1,430
Berekhat Samar	Nature Reserve	1	protected area contained by site	0
Atiqot En Gedi	National Park	1	protected area contained by site	0

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Judean desert. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/02/2023.