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The site was identified as important in 2013 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
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala	LC	resident	1993	20 breeding pairs	A3
Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus	LC	breeding	1993	5-10 breeding pairs	B2
Arabian Scops-owl Otus pamelae	LC	resident	1993	present	B3
Arabian Woodpecker Dendropicos dorae	NT	resident	1993	2-3 breeding pairs	A1, A3, B2
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident	1993	50 breeding pairs	A3
Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae	LC	breeding	1993	present	A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	1993	30 breeding pairs	A3
Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Arabian Sunbird Cinnyris hellmayri	LC	resident	1993	5 breeding pairs	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	breeding	1993	present	A3
Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba	LC	resident	1993	20 breeding pairs	A2, A3
Arabian Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali	NT	resident	1993	present	A1, A3, B3
Arabian Serin Crithagra rothschildi	LC	resident	1993	100 breeding pairs	A3, B3
Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis	LC	resident	1993	present	A2, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

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		50
Forest		30
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jabal Iraf (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jabal-iraf-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.