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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding	2009	3,200 breeding pairs	A4i
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2007-2009	2-3 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Water-storage areas	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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)

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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 23/11/2024.