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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
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
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius	LC	breeding (1999)	present	A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2000	Réserve de Biosphère des Oasis du Sud Marocain (RBOSM)	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
water management	-

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