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The site was identified as important in 1994 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1977	1,200-1,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1977	2 breeding pairs	A1, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		major (>10)
Forest		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abbas-abad dam (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/abbas-abad-dam-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.