BirdLife Data Zone

Northern Jordan Valley (North Ghor)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 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	1999	1-99 breeding pairs	B2
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	resident	1999	1-4 breeding pairs	B2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1999	250-999 individuals	B1i
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	passage	1999	250-999 individuals	B1i
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	1999	rare	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1999	1,000 individuals	B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1999	abundant	B1iv

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2013	not assessed	very high	negligible
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - shifting agriculture	happening now	whole area/population (>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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tal Al Arbaeen	منطقة هامة بيئيا	1	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitats

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

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern Jordan Valley (North Ghor). Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-jordan-valley-(north-ghor)-iba-jordan on 04/10/2023.