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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
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding (1977)	present	A1, B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1990	Kalmand	Protected Area (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kalmand Protected Area (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kalmand-protected-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 21/12/2024.