Aqaba coast and mountains (Jordan) IBA | Details

JO017

Aqaba coast and mountains

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident (1993)	rare	B3
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage (1995–2000)	3,000 birds	B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding (1993)	present	B2
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus	LC	winter (1993)	present	B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (1993)	50,000-99,999 birds	A4iv, B1iv

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	high	low
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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Not assessed	low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	10
Desert	major (>10)	Hot
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	50
rangeland/pastureland	40
urban/industrial/transport	10
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aqaba coast and mountains (Jordan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aqaba-coast-and-mountains-iba-jordan on 24/12/2024.