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Barrage Idriss Premier


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea LC winter - 260 individuals A4i
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata LC winter - 274 individuals A4i
Common Crane Grus grus LC winter - 2,032 individuals A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2012 Barrage Idriss Premier Réserve de Chasse Permanente 100

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 22/11/2024.