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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
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	1973	present	A3
Rosy Starling Pastor roseus	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding	1977	present	A3

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)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Desert		-
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-

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: Lotfatabad and Darregaz area. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lotfatabad-and-darregaz-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 28/11/2023.