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The site was identified as important in 1999 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
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1991	present	B3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1991	350 individuals	A4i, B1i
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident	1991	2 breeding pairs	B3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1991	2-3 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1991	2-4 breeding pairs	B2
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	passage	1991	5,000-10,000 individuals	B2
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	LC	breeding	1991	1 breeding pairs	B2
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident	1991	present	B3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1991	200 breeding pairs	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	5,000-10,000 individuals	B1iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1999) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	minor (<10)
Grassland		minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jerusalem wilderness (Palestine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jerusalem-wilderness-iba-palestine on 23/11/2024.