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Site summary
The Tabarjal area is part of the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve (KSRNR), which is the largest natural reserve in Saudi Arabia. It covers 130,000 km². KSRNR is known for its pure nature, fresh air, geographic and heritage diversity, and rare monuments dating back to about 8,000 BC. It is located in the north of Saudi Arabia beside the Jordan–Saudi Arabia borders. It consists of three primary conservation areas which are Khunfah, Tubaiq, and Harrat Al-Harra.
The IBA area serve as one of a few stop-over sites of the Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius and endangered eastern population of the Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita. Apart from that they host wintering and migratory populations of the Endangered Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus, Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca, Steppe Eagle A. nipalensis and Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus. 

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tabarjal (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tabarjal-iba-saudi-arabia on 26/12/2024.