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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	winter (1975)	28 birds	A1
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha	LC	resident (1977)	1 pairs	B3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Hormod	Protected Area (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)
Grassland	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hormod Protected Area (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hormod-protected-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 21/12/2024.