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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis	NT	breeding	2000	present	A3
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Maghreb Green Woodpecker Picus vaillantii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	-	present	A1
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Buff-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Parc National de Belezma	Parc National	26,250	protected area contained by site	8,500

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Belezma. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/belezma-iba-algeria on 05/12/2023.