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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
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	winter	-	uncommon	A1
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	non-breeding	2000	present	A3
Desert Sparrow Passer simplex	LC	resident	2000	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	2000	present	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Parc Culturel de l'Ahagghar (Tamanrasset)	Parc Culturel	99
2001	Les Gueltates d'Issakarassene	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1
2003	Gueltates Afilal	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parc National de l'Ahaggar (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parc-national-de-lahaggar-iba-algeria on 23/11/2024.