MRU05
El Ghallâouîya


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus LC resident 2001 present A3
Nubian Bustard Neotis nuba NT resident 2001 present A1
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus LC resident 2001 present A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes LC resident 2001 present A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura LC resident 2001 present A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti LC resident 2001 present A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta LC resident 2001 present A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta LC resident 2001 present A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva LC resident 2001 present A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga LC resident 2001 present A3
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex LC resident 2001 present A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus LC resident 2001 present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Ghallâouîya (Mauritania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-ghallâouîya-iba-mauritania on 23/11/2024.