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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter	-	225 individuals	A4i
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	-	30 individuals	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2012	Messeied-Abeteih	Réserve de Chasse Permanente	74

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Msseyed (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/msseyed-iba-morocco on 22/11/2024.