IR045
Sahlabad area


IBA Justification

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
Iranian Ground-jay Podoces pleskei LC resident (1977) 5 pairs B3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Desert 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sahlabad area (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sahlabad-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 24/12/2024.