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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding	1977	1-9 breeding pairs	A1
Iranian Ground-jay Podoces pleskei	LC	resident	1977	3 breeding pairs	B3
Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana	LC	breeding	1977	1-9 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1976	Touran	Protected Area	100
1976	Touran	Wildlife Refuge	18
1976	Touran	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
2002	Touran	National Park	7

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		major (>10)
Desert		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Touran (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/touran-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.