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The site was identified as important in 1994 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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1991	600-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	passage	1991	150-300 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	passage	1991	300-400 individuals	B1i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	resident	1991	100-120 breeding pairs	B1i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1991	100-350 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea	LC	winter	1991	300-1,000 individuals	B1i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	1991	150-1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	passage	1991	15,000-20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1991	1,000-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	15,000-20,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	Bizzat Zeta	Nature Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		minor (<10)
Grassland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	2
agriculture	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
water management	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hefer valley (Israel). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hefer-valley-iba-israel on 23/11/2024.