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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus	LC	breeding	2005-2007	present	A3
Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris	LC	resident	1974	present	A3
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida	LC	breeding	2005	present	A3
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum	LC	breeding	2005-2007	present	A3
Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea	LC	breeding	2005	present	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	breeding	2005-2007	present	A3
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata	LC	breeding	2005-2007	present	A3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	2005	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	2005-2007	present	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding	1976-1977	3 breeding pairs	A3
Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus	VU	breeding	2005-2007	present	A1, A2, A3
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala	LC	breeding	2005-2007	present	A3
Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia	LC	breeding	2005-2007	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Barouk	Forest Reserve	-
1988	Mashgara (Machgharah)	National Park	-
1996	Al Shouf Cedars Nature Reserve	Nature Reserve	78
2005	Shouf	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	78

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Society for Arz El-Chouf	1994

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Temperate	major (>10)
Grassland	Temperate	major (>10)
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
forestry	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shouf Cedars Nature Reserve (Lebanon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shouf-cedars-nature-reserve-iba-lebanon on 23/11/2024.