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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
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs	NT	resident	1993	uncommon	B2
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	passage	1993	600 individuals	B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	winter	1993	980 individuals	A4i, B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	passage	1993	540 individuals	A4i, B1i

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		major (>10)
Desert		major (>10)
Savanna		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	major (>10)
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Makkah waste-water stream (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/makkah-waste-water-stream-iba-saudi-arabia on 23/11/2024.