Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | 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: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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IBA conservation status - summary | |||
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Year of assessment (most recent) | Threat (pressure) | Condition (state) | Action (response) |
2013 | low | not assessed | medium |
Was the whole site assessed? | yes | Condition (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 the site (response) | |||
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Protected-area designation | Management planning | Other 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 (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA 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) |
---|---|---|
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 (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Mujib. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8197 on 10/06/2023.