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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
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

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 (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	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.