Lake Bibishervan and Lake Eymar (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

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Lake Bibishervan and Lake Eymar

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	1972	430 individuals	A1, B2
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	winter	1970-1977	3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1977	150 breeding pairs	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		100
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Bibishervan and Lake Eymar (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-bibishervan-and-lake-eymar-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.