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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
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	winter (1975)	40 birds	A1
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (1970–1977)	3,600 birds	A4i, B1i
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus	LC	winter (1977–1992)	250–1,000 birds	A4i, B1i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1975	Mond	Protected Area (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic	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: Monde Protected Area (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/monde-protected-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/12/2024.