Hima Anjar - Kfar Zabad (Lebanon) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Hima Anjar - Kfar Zabad

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus	VU	breeding	2005	15 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	not assessed	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Kfar Zabed	Reserve	-

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Hima Kfar Zabad Birds	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		50
Artificial/Terrestrial		30
Forest		20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hima Anjar - Kfar Zabad (Lebanon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hima-anjar--kfar-zabad-iba-lebanon on 23/11/2024.