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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2013

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala	LC	resident	1985-1986	common	A3, B3
Bubo africanus	NR	resident	1995-2011	present	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	passage	1993	70 individuals	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	1993	1 breeding pairs	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	winter	1993	12 individuals	A1
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus	EN	non-breeding	1995-2011	uncommon	A1, B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1985-1986	min 10 individuals	B2
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis	EN	passage	1985-1986	min 200 individuals	B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage	1985-1986	min 1 individuals	A1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	B2
Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	B2
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	B2
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar	LC	resident	1993	rare	B2
Shikra Accipiter badius	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	B2
Arabian Woodpecker Dendropicos dorae	NT	resident	1985-1986	uncommon	A1, A3
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident	1985-1986	common	A3
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident	1985-1986	uncommon	B3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	A3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1985-1986	common	A3
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis	LC	winter	1993	uncommon	B3
Oenanthe lugens	NR	resident	1985-1986	uncommon	A3
Arabian Sunbird Cinnyris hellmayri	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	A3
Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba	LC	resident	1985-1986	common	A2
Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	A2, A3
Yemen Linnet Linaria yemenensis	LC	resident	1985-1986	uncommon	A2, A3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1985-1986	min 3,000 individuals	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
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very 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	Not assessed	negligible

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

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
tourism/recreation	-
forestry	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Jabal Bura. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/04/2023.