Aqaba coast and mountains (Jordan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Aqaba coast and mountains

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident	1993	rare	B3
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1995-2000	3,000 individuals	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 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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 area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Not assessed	low

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		10
Desert	Hot	major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.