• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage (1993)	12 birds	A1, B2

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2011	Wadi Al-Batin Natural Reserve	محمية الطبيعية (V)	68
2011	Demilitarized Zone Natural Reserve	محمية الطبيعية (IV)	20

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	100	Hot

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
hunting	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al-Batin Park (Kuwait). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-batin-park-iba-kuwait on 25/12/2024.