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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident (1983)	1–5 pairs	B3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (1983)	1–5 pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (1983)	1–5 pairs	B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding (1983)	1–5 pairs	B2
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident (1983)	50 pairs	B3
Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus	LC	resident (1983)	70 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 birds	B1iv

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 popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of area covered (10–49%)	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive	Not assessed	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	Petra	National Park (V)	46

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
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)

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 24/12/2024.