DZ024
Belezma


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
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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1984 Parc National de Belezma Parc National (II) 100

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Belezma (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/belezma-iba-algeria on 23/12/2024.