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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
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Maghreb Green Woodpecker Picus vaillantii	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding (1999)	present	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding (1999)	present	A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1942	Toubkal National Park	Parc National (II)	100
1998	Réserve de Biosphère de l'Arganeraie (RBA)	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	20
2000	Réserve de Biosphère des Oasis du Sud Marocain (RBOSM)	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	15	Mediterranean forest - broadleaved evergreen; Mediterranean forest - native coniferous
Grassland	major (>10)	Grassland - montane; Grassland - secondary
Shrubland	major (>10)	Bushland & thicket - Mediterranean; Shrubland - maquis & garrigue; Shrubland - Mediterranean montane
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)	Rivers & streams

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parc National de Toubkal (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parc-national-de-toubkal-iba-morocco on 23/12/2024.