Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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) |
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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) |
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Desert | - | |
Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | - | |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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rangeland/pastureland | - |
agriculture | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Judean desert. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/02/2023.