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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	resident (1977)	common	B2
Sind Woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis	LC	resident (1977)	2 pairs	B3
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus	LC	breeding (1977)	3 pairs	B3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1975	Mehroyeh	Wildlife Refuge (IV)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)
Forest	minor (<10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mehrouyeh Wildlife Refuge (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mehrouyeh-wildlife-refuge-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 22/12/2024.