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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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2012	1-4 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
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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%)	Not assessed	Not assessed	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Hot	major (>10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ga'ara (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gaara-iba-iraq on 23/11/2024.