MA013
Barrage Idriss Premier


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea LC winter (-) 260 birds A4i
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata LC winter (-) 274 birds A4i
Common Crane Grus grus LC winter (-) 2,032 birds A4i

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Barrage Idriss Premier (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/barrage-idriss-premier-iba-morocco on 23/12/2024.