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Sun Farms, Sohar


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
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca VU winter (1993) 3 birds B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC passage (1993) 66 birds A1, B2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sun Farms, Sohar (Oman). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sun-farms-sohar-iba-oman on 25/12/2024.