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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Iranian Ground-jay Podoces pleskei	LC	resident	1977	2 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Namakazar basin (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/namakazar-basin-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.