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The site was identified as important in 1994 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
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	1977	48 individuals	A1
Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris	NT	resident	1977	2 breeding pairs	B3
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	winter	1977	3,500 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chahbahar Bay and Khor Konarak (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chahbahar-bay-and-khor-konarak-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.