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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
Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius	LC	resident	1977	17 breeding pairs	B3
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1977	1 breeding pairs	B2
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	1977	2 breeding pairs	B2
Caspian Tit Poecile hyrcanus	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3
Plain Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus neglectus	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3, B3
Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus	LC	breeding	1977	common	B3
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
Pale Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1977	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Dodangeh	Wildlife Refuge	2
1976	Parvar	Protected Area	100
2000	Boola	Protected Area	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Grassland		major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Parvar Protected Area (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parvar-protected-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.