Jal Az-Zor (Kuwait) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Jal Az-Zor

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
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage (1993)	14 birds	A1, B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (1993)	28 birds	A1, 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 (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1988	Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve	محمية الطبيعية (II)	100

Habitats

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

Land use

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

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 25/12/2024.