Darbandikhan Lake (Iraq) IBA | Details

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Darbandikhan Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 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
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding (2009)	3,200 pairs	A4i
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2007–2009)	2–3 pairs	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	not assessed	very high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	100	Water-storage areas

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
energy production and mining	major (>10)
water management	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Darbandikhan Lake (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/darbandikhan-lake-iba-iraq on 26/12/2024.