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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
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident (1985)	present	B3
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (1993)	present	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident (1993)	present	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (1993)	present	B2
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	winter (1993)	present	B3
Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus	LC	resident (1993)	common	B2

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jabal al-Lawz (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jabal-al-lawz-iba-saudi-arabia on 24/12/2024.