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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	2007-2010	1 breeding pairs	A1
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus	LC	breeding	2009-2010	25 breeding pairs	A3
Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris	LC	resident	2007-2010	60 breeding pairs	A3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	2008-2010	170 breeding pairs	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	2007-2010	150 breeding pairs	A3
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala	LC	breeding	2007-2010	350 breeding pairs	A3

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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
Forest		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gara Mountain and Garagu (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gara-mountain-and-garagu-iba-iraq on 23/11/2024.