BirdLife Data Zone

JO005

Jordan Valley

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	resident	1993	uncommon	B2
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	resident	1993	1-9 breeding pairs	B2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1993	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	winter	1993	rare	B2
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	winter	1993	300 individuals	B1i
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	non-breeding	1993	4 individuals	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1993	1,680 individuals	B2
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	resident	1993	common	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1993	6,680 individuals	B1iv

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	high	not assessed	low
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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - shifting agriculture	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other 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10%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Not assessed	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

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

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jordan Valley. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8190 on 31/05/2023.