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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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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Threats to the site (pressure)
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)
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

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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)
Desert		-
Shrubland		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hisma Basin - Rum. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/08/2022.