Northern lower Jordan valley (Israel) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Northern lower Jordan valley

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1991	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	winter	1991	50-100 individuals	B1i
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1991	200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1991	380-400 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1991	500-600 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1991	480-510 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	passage	1991	250 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	passage	1991	200 individuals	A1, B2
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	passage	1991	12,000 individuals	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1991	15,000 individuals	B2
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	breeding	1991	100-125 breeding pairs	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	232,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	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	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

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	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Bet Shean (Harhava)	National Park	<1
1968	Horshat Zaqum (Ma'oz Hayyim)	Nature Reserve	<1
1969	En Ginda	Nature Reserve	1
1969	Ha-Hof Ha-Shaqet	Nature Reserve	1
1969	Tel Saharon	Nature Reserve	<1
1969	Newe Ur	Nature Reserve	<1
1970	Ge'on Ha-Yarden	Nature Reserve	1
1971	Horshat Zaqum (Kefar Ruppin)	Nature Reserve	<1
1972	Ge'on Ha-Yarden Kefar Ruppin	Nature Reserve	<1
1974	Nahal Tavor	Nature Reserve	1
1988	Ge'on Ha-Yarden Hamadya	Nature Reserve	1
2004	Avuqa	Nature Reserve	<1

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	4
agriculture	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
military	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern lower Jordan valley (Israel). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-lower-jordan-valley-iba-israel on 23/11/2024.