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Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
Gently rolling plains at 1,820 m, c.15 km south-east of the town of Ghorveh and south of the Ghorveh-Hamadan road. The area is entirely agricultural (cereals or fallow), except in the north-east where there is a small seasonal marsh. The site is sparsely populated, with only a few small villages. Land ownership is public.
See box for key species.
Otis tarda was a summer visitor to the area in the 1970s, with birds present April-November. As many as 25 birds have been recorded, and c.10 females were thought to nest. Other breeding species include
Falco tinnunculus,
Coracias garrulus,
Athene noctua and
Corvus corax. Winter visitors and/or passage migrants include
Circus aeruginosus,
Falco peregrinus,
F. pelegrinoides,
Rallus aquaticus and
Corvus frugilegus.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
No threats are known and no conservation measures are known to have been proposed.
Data-sheet compiled by Dr D. A. Scott, reviewed by Dept of Environment.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plains near Ghorveh (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plains-near-ghorveh-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.
