MA040
Msseyed


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara LC resident (1999) present A3
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea LC winter (-) 225 birds A4i
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris NT winter (-) 30 birds A1, A4i
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus LC resident (1999) present A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii LC resident (1999) present A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus LC resident (1999) present A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes LC resident (1999) present A3
Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey LC resident (1999) present A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura LC resident (1999) present A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti LC resident (1999) present A3
Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha LC resident (1999) present A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta LC resident (1999) present A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala LC resident (1999) present A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva LC resident (1999) present A3
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri LC resident (1999) present A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura LC resident (1999) present A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga LC resident (1999) present A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus LC resident (1999) present A3

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Msseyed (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/msseyed-iba-morocco on 23/12/2024.