BirdLife Data Zone

SY019

Abu Zad

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1982	frequent	B2
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida	LC	breeding	1993	common	B3
Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea	LC	breeding	1993	present	B3
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis	LC	breeding	1993	present	B3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding	1993	present	B3
Pale Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1993	present	B3
Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus	LC	resident	1993	present	B3
Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus	VU	breeding	1993	uncommon	A1, A2

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IBA Monitoring

Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment	Threat score (pressure)	Condition score (state)	Action score (response)
2014	high	not assessed	negligible
Was the whole site covered?	Yes	State assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	unknown

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

Habitats

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
urban/industrial/transport	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Abu Zad. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/01/2023.