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The site was identified as important in 1999 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
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1998	present	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident	1998	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	1998	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1999) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Gebel Elba or Elba	Natural Reserve	100
1995	Elba	Multiple Use Management Area	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gebel Elba (Egypt). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gebel-elba-iba-egypt on 23/11/2024.