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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (1993)	35 birds	A1, B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Quru	Managed Nature Reserve (-)	100
-	Khawr Qurum	National Scenic Reserve (-)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Desert	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Qurm Nature Reserve (Oman). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/qurm-nature-reserve-iba-oman on 25/12/2024.