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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	1972	430 individuals	A1, B2
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	winter	1970-1977	3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1977	150 breeding pairs	B1i

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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Bibishervan and Lake Eymar. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-bibishervan-and-lake-eymar-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 02/10/2023.