Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi | LC | resident | 1993 | common | A3 |
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami | LC | resident | 1993 | present | A3, B3 |
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus | NT | winter | 1985 | 1 individuals | B2 |
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus | EN | passage | 1990-1991 | 3 individuals | B2 |
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus | LC | breeding | 1993 | 1-5 breeding pairs | B2 |
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes | LC | passage | 1992 | 8,000 individuals | B2 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 1993 | 10 breeding pairs | A1, B2 |
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor | VU | breeding | 1990 | rare | A3, B2 |
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps | LC | resident | 1993 | present | A3, B3 |
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii | LC | resident | 1993 | present | B3 |
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha | LC | resident | 1993 | present | A3, B3 |
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura | LC | resident | 1993 | present | A3 |
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus | LC | passage | 1993 | present | B3 |
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus | LC | resident | 1993 | present | A3 |
Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata | LC | resident | 1993 | present | A3 |
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes | n/a | passage | 1993 | 8,200 individuals | 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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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2013 | low | not assessed | medium |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | unset |
Accuracy of information | unknown |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Human intrusions and disturbance | work and other activities | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species | Not assessed | medium |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Mujib Nature Reserve | محمية طبيعية | 21,241 | protected area contained by site | 20,500 |
Mujib Biosphere Reserve | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 43,915 | protected area overlaps with site | 12,818 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | - | |
Desert | - | |
Grassland | - | |
Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Shrubland | - | |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|
agriculture | - |
military | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
hunting | - |
rangeland/pastureland | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wadi Mujib. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/06/2022.