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Sahb al Majnoun


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus LC winter 1994 3,000 individuals A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2012 SIBE El Mesjoune Réserve de Chasse Permanente 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sahb al Majnoun (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sahb-al-majnoun-iba-morocco on 23/11/2024.