BirdLife Data Zone

YE028

Wadi Hajar

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1993	present	A3, B3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus	LC	resident	1993	5 breeding pairs	B2
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus	LC	resident	1993	present	B2
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	LC	resident	1993	-	A3
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident	1993	present	A3, B3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura	LC	resident	1993	present	A3

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

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2013	medium	not assessed	negligible
Was the whole site assessed?	yes	Condition (state) assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	unknown

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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	Not assessed	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Hajar. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8361 on 30/05/2023.