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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1991	present	B3
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	passage	1991	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1991	2,600 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1991	350-1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1991	12,000-18,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	passage	1991	143 individuals	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	winter	1991	1 individuals	B2
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	passage	1991	300 individuals	B1i
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident	1991	1-2 breeding pairs	B3
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos	EN	non-breeding	1991	present	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1991	15,000 individuals	B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1991	1 breeding pairs	B2
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident	1991	20-40 breeding pairs	B3
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident	1991	200 breeding pairs	B3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1991	present	B3
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha	LC	resident	1991	2-15 breeding pairs	B3
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	breeding	1991	15-35 breeding pairs	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	29,950-36,600 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - nomadic grazing	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
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Nahal Shezaf	Nature Reserve	5,260	protected area contained by site	0
Midbar Yehuda	Nature Reserve	53,472	protected area overlaps with site	0
Makhteshim En Yahav	Nature Reserve	27,323	protected area overlaps with site	0

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

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northern Arava valley. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.