MA030
Piste de Tagdilt


IBA Justification

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
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus LC resident (1999) present A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus LC resident (1999) present A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes LC resident (1999) present A3
Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey LC resident (1999) present A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura LC resident (1999) present A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti LC resident (1999) present A3
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti VU resident (1999) present A3
Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha LC resident (1999) present A3
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata LC resident (1999) present A3
Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola LC resident (1999) present A3
Buff-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta LC resident (1999) present A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura LC resident (1999) present A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens LC resident (1999) present A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus LC resident (1999) present A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2000 Réserve de Biosphère des Oasis du Sud Marocain (RBOSM) UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Piste de Tagdilt (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/piste-de-tagdilt-iba-morocco on 24/12/2024.