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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident	1983	1-5 breeding pairs	B3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1983	1-5 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1983	1-5 breeding pairs	B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1983	1-5 breeding pairs	B2
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1983	50 breeding pairs	B3
Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus	LC	resident	1983	70 breeding pairs	B2
Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus	VU	non-breeding	1993	frequent	A1, A2, B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1993	3,000 individuals	B1iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Not assessed	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1968	Petra	National Park	46

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	40
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Petra (Jordan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/petra-iba-jordan on 23/11/2024.