Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi | LC | resident | 1999 | 20-35 breeding pairs | A3 |
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami | LC | resident | 1999 | 5 breeding pairs | A3, B3 |
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus | LC | resident | 1999 | 1 breeding pairs | A3 |
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus | NT | resident | 1965-1983 | 1 breeding pairs | B2 |
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus | EN | non-breeding | 1993 | frequent | B2 |
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor | VU | breeding | 1999 | 3 breeding pairs | A3, B2 |
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis | LC | resident | 1999 | 25-55 breeding pairs | A3 |
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes | LC | resident | 1999 | 2 breeding pairs | A3 |
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura | LC | resident | 1999 | 100-200 breeding pairs | A3 |
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti | LC | resident | 1999 | 470-800 breeding pairs | A3 |
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | LC | resident | 1999 | 85-175 breeding pairs | A3 |
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta | LC | resident | 1999 | 190-320 breeding pairs | A3 |
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps | LC | resident | 1993 | unknown | A3 |
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii | LC | resident | 1999 | 10-20 breeding pairs | A3 |
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha | LC | resident | 1999 | 15-25 breeding pairs | A3, B3 |
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti | LC | resident | 1999 | 5-15 breeding pairs | A3 |
Buff-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta | LC | resident | 1999-2001 | unknown | A3 |
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura | LC | resident | 1999 | 1-5 breeding pairs | A3 |
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga | LC | resident | 1999 | 250-440 breeding pairs | A3 |
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens | LC | resident | 1999 | 120-210 breeding pairs | A3 |
Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus | LC | resident | 1999 | 90-170 breeding pairs | B2 |
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus | LC | resident | 1999 | 200-340 breeding pairs | A3 |
Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata | LC | resident | 1999 | 35-65 breeding pairs | A3 |
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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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2013 | medium | not assessed | low |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | unset |
Accuracy of information | unknown |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Residential and commercial development | tourism and recreation areas | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Little/none of site covered (<10%) | A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive | Not assessed | low |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Wadi Rum Protected Area | World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) | 74,180 | protected area contained by site | 73,128 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Desert | - | |
Shrubland | - | |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | - | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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tourism/recreation | - |
rangeland/pastureland | - |
agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hisma Basin - Rum. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 09/08/2022.