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Dasht-e Naz Wildlife Refuge


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC passage (1977) 55 birds A1, B2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1975 Dasht-e-Naz Wildlife Refuge (IV) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dasht-e Naz Wildlife Refuge (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dasht-e-naz-wildlife-refuge-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 25/12/2024.