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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
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	2010	13 breeding pairs	A3
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	passage	2010-2012	1 individuals	A1
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor	LC	resident	2010	1 breeding pairs	A3
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	2011	2 breeding pairs	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	2012	1 breeding pairs	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	2012	2 breeding pairs	A3
Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha	LC	resident	2012	2 breeding pairs	A3
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis	LC	resident	2005-2011	11 breeding pairs	A3
Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris	LC	resident	2011-2012	9 breeding pairs	A2, A3
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus	LC	breeding	2010	3 breeding pairs	A3
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	resident	2011	10 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
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	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%)	Not assessed	Not assessed	negligible

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
agriculture	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Haditha Wetlands and Baghdadi (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/haditha-wetlands-and-baghdadi-iba-iraq on 23/11/2024.