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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
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage	1993	14 individuals	A1, B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage	1993	28 individuals	A1, 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
Biological resource use	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
1988	Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve	محمية الطبيعية	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Hot	95
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jal Az-Zor (Kuwait). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jal-az-zor-iba-kuwait on 23/11/2024.