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The site was identified as important in 1994 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
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	resident	1993	common	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1993	15 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	breeding	1993	4 breeding pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter	1993	present	B2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1994).

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	war, civil unrest and military exercises	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland		-
Shrubland		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jabal Abdul Aziz. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jabal-abdul-aziz-iba-syria on 03/12/2023.