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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1999 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
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding (1998)	present	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident (1998)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1996	St. Catherine	Protected Landscape (V)	100

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: St Katherine Protectorate (Egypt). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/st-katherine-protectorate-iba-egypt on 21/12/2024.