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Habbaniya Lake

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter (2009–2011)	60 individuals	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate deterioration (10–30% in 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	100

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Habbaniya Lake (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/habbaniya-lake-iba-iraq on 13/01/2025.