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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2009)	1 breeding pairs	A1

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happen­ing now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	rapid deteri­oration (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No manage­ment planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Grassland	major (>10)

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kuradawe and Waraz (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kuradawe-and-waraz-iba-iraq on 23/01/2025.