Current view: Text account
Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
The Haft Barm (Seven Lakes) are a group of small, slightly saline lakes lying at 2,200 m in hollows in broken undulating country east of Kuh-i Anar and c.65 km west-north-west of Shiraz. Fed by local run-off, principally spring snow-melt, they are generally frozen in mid-winter. The southernmost five lakes generally dry out completely in summer. The two largest (in the north) are surrounded by belts of
Phragmites with patches of
Butomus, but the other smaller lakes are almost barren except for algae and some small patches of
Butomus. The surrounding uplands support tragacanthic steppe communities and some wheat farming. The lakes are used by the local nomadic tribes for watering livestock, washing and reed-cutting. Land ownership is public.
See box for key species.
Marmaronetta angustirostris has been recorded in summer and probably breeds.
Tringa totanus probably breeds. Notable on autumn passage are
Tadorna ferruginea and
Fulica atra;
Anas strepera and
A. penelope are also passage migrants.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
No conservation measures are known to have been proposed and there is no information on threats to the site.
Data-sheet compiled by Dr D. A. Scott, reviewed by Dept of Environment.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Haft Barm (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/haft-barm-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/12/2024.
