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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
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A3
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1985-1986	1 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1985-1986	43 individuals	B2
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A3
Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis	NT	resident	1985-1986	present	A1
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A3
Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba	LC	resident	1985-1986	95 individuals	A2, A3
Arabian Serin Crithagra rothschildi	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A3, B3
Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A2, A3
Yemen Linnet Linaria yemenensis	LC	resident	1985-1986	present	A2, A3

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 - small-holder farming	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

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

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wadi al-Birayn. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/01/2021.