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The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	2006	18 individuals	A1
Basra Reed-warbler Acrocephalus griseldis	EN	breeding	2005-2009	20 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris	LC	resident	2005-2009	35 breeding pairs	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent freshwater marshes & pools, Permanent freshwater lakes	60
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	40

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Auda Marsh (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/auda-marsh-iba-iraq on 23/11/2024.