MA046
Dakhla area


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
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus LC resident (1999) present A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius LC breeding (1999) present A3
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres NT winter (-) 700 birds A4i
Sanderling Calidris alba LC winter (-) 1,200 birds A4i
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus LC winter (-) 6,000 birds A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC winter (-) 2,800 birds A4i
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus LC resident (1999) present A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes LC resident (1999) present A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura LC resident (1999) present A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti LC resident (1999) present A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta LC resident (1999) present A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga LC resident (1999) present A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens LC resident (1999) present A3
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex LC resident (1999) present A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus LC resident (1999) present A3

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting -
military -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dakhla area (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dakhla-area-iba-morocco on 24/12/2024.