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The site was identified as important in 1999 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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1998	present	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	1998	10 breeding pairs	A1, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1999) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)
Grassland		minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mar Saba - Wadi Qadron (Palestine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mar-saba--wadi-qadron-iba-palestine on 23/11/2024.