Sari Hassan Bag (Iraq) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sari Hassan Bag

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota	LC	resident	2009	2 breeding pairs	A3
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis	LC	breeding	2009	1 breeding pairs	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	resident	2009	2 breeding pairs	A3
Kurdish Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna	LC	breeding	2009	12 breeding pairs	A3
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani	LC	breeding	2007-2009	1 breeding pairs	A3
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea	NT	breeding	2009	2 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	not assessed	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
energy production and mining	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sari Hassan Bag (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sari-hassan-bag-iba-iraq on 22/11/2024.