Jabal Abdul Aziz (Syria) IBA | Details

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Jabal Abdul Aziz This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	resident (1993)	common	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (1993)	15 pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	breeding (1993)	4 pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter (1993)	present	B2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2018) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2018	not assessed	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	minor (<10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
forestry	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jabal Abdul Aziz (Syria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jabal-abdul-aziz-iba-syria on 22/12/2024.