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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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	2010	frequent	A1
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	winter	2010	frequent	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2010	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Hot	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, marshes, swamps, fens & peatlands	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Suwaibaat (Sleibaat) (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/suwaibaat-(sleibaat)-iba-iraq on 23/11/2024.