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The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1993-1994	13,000 individuals	A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	-	5,000-30,000 individuals	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	-	1,900 breeding pairs	A4i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	-	1,200 breeding pairs	A4i
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage	-	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1989-1994	26,968-30,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (1999) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Pollution	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	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
1985	Bardawil Lake	Natural Area	100
1988	Lake Bardawil	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		57
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Shrubland	Bushland & thicket - Mediterranean	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Bardawil (Egypt). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-bardawil-iba-egypt on 22/11/2024.