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Falaise Sidi-Moussa


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
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae LC breeding 1972 134 individuals A3

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2012 Sidi Bou Ghaba Réserve de Chasse Permanente 49

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -
urban/industrial/transport -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Falaise Sidi-Moussa (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/falaise-sidi-moussa-iba-morocco on 23/11/2024.