Al-Jahra Pool Nature Reserve (Kuwait) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Al-Jahra Pool Nature Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage	1993	14 individuals	A1, B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage	1993	28 individuals	A1, B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1993	2,000-3,000 individuals	B1iv

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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Al-Kuwaisat (Al-Jahra) Natural Reserve	محمية الطبيعية	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		55
Desert		25
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
hunting	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al-Jahra Pool Nature Reserve (Kuwait). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-jahra-pool-nature-reserve-iba-kuwait on 23/11/2024.