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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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	resident	1991	3-10 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1991	10-25 individuals	B2
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	winter	1991	3-10 individuals	A1, A4i, B2
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	passage	1991	15,000-35,000 individuals	B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	1992	23 individuals	A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage	1991	10-15 individuals	A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter	1991	3-5 individuals	B2
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	passage	1991	10,000-35,000 individuals	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1991	15,000-20,000 individuals	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	1991	uncommon	A1, B2
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	breeding	1991	5-15 breeding pairs	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	40,000-90,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	1991	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (1994) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Nahal Hermon	Nature Reserve	<1
1964	Ha-Hula	Nature Reserve	2
1967	En Awwazim	Nature Reserve	<1
1967	En Te'o	Nature Reserve	<1
1968	Shamir-Nahal Rahum	Nature Reserve	<1
1970	Nahal Dishon	Nature Reserve	5
1971	Sahlavim Bemanara	Nature Reserve	<1
1974	Nahal Senir	Nature Reserve	<1
1975	Nahal Qedesh	Nature Reserve	1
1984	Tel Anafa	Nature Reserve	<1
1988	Nahal Enan	Nature Reserve	<1
1996	Hula Nature Reserve	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1
2000	Ahu Gonen	Nature Reserve	<1
2000	En Bedolah	Nature Reserve	<1
2011	Nekike Yiftah	Nature Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	3
agriculture	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hula valley (Israel). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hula-valley-iba-israel on 24/11/2024.