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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
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis	NT	breeding	2000	present	A3
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Maghreb Green Woodpecker Picus vaillantii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	-	present	A1
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	2000	present	A3
Buff-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	Parc National de Belezma	Parc National	100

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Belezma (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/belezma-iba-algeria on 23/11/2024.