Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment (most recent) |
State (condition) |
Pressure (threat) |
Response (action) |
2014 |
not assessed |
very high |
negligible |
Was the whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
good |
|
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Sawa Lake
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
20,058 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here.
Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
urban/industrial/transport |
- |
hunting |
- |
fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sawa Lake and Area. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sawa-lake-and-area-iba-iraq on 19/03/2024.