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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
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	2009-2011	30 breeding pairs	A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	winter	2009-2010	frequent	A1
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor	LC	resident	2009-2011	2 breeding pairs	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	2009-2011	1 breeding pairs	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident	2009-2010	1 breeding pairs	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	2009-2011	50 breeding pairs	A3
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis	LC	resident	2009-2011	50 breeding pairs	A3
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus	LC	breeding	2005-2011	100 breeding pairs	A3
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	resident	2009-2010	present	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	resident	2009-2011	present	A3

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
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very 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
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		major (>10)
Desert	Hot	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	major (>10)
energy production and mining	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Teeb Oasis and Zubaidaat (Iraq). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/teeb-oasis-and-zubaidaat-iba-iraq on 23/11/2024.