Northern Jordan Valley (North Ghor) (Jordan)

Northern Jordan Valley (North Ghor)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	resident	1999	1-99 breeding pairs	B2
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	resident	1999	1-4 breeding pairs	B2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1999	250-999 individuals	B1i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	passage	1999	250-999 individuals	B1i
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	1999	rare	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1999	1,000 individuals	B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1999	abundant	B1iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2013	Tal Al Arbaeen	منطقة هامة بيئيا	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		minor (<10)
Grassland		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern Jordan Valley (North Ghor) (Jordan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-jordan-valley-(north-ghor)-iba-jordan on 22/11/2024.