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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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1991	2,800 individuals	B1i
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding	1991	50 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1991	1,000-1,500 individuals	B1i
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1991	35,000-50,000 individuals	B1i, B2
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus	LC	winter	1991	250 individuals	B1i
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	winter	1991	1,000 individuals	B1i
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	winter	1991	21 individuals	A1, B2
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	passage	1991	200 individuals	B1i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	1992	21 individuals	A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter	1991	30 individuals	A1, B2
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	LC	breeding	1991	1 breeding pairs	B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	60,000-75,500 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

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

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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	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - nomadic grazing	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other 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 (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Shivta	National Park	47	protected area contained by site	0
Nizzana	National Park	225	protected area contained by site	0
Nahal Ha-Besor Ve Nahal Beer sheva	Nature Reserve	373	protected area contained by site	0
Mazuq HaZinnim	Nature Reserve	61,956	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Makhtesh Be'eri	Nature Reserve	139	protected area overlaps with site	0
Holot Nizzanim	Nature Reserve	770	protected area contained by site	770
Holot Mash'abbim	Nature Reserve	1,281	protected area contained by site	1,300
Holot Agur	Nature Reserve	17,613	protected area contained by site	0
Ha Besor	Nature Reserve	998	protected area contained by site	998
Eshkol	National Park	50	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Desert		-
Grassland		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
nature conservation and research	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
military	-

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 Negev. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8182 on 09/06/2023.