Umm al-Tuyyur (Syria) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Umm al-Tuyyur

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1982	frequent	B2
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum	LC	breeding	1993	present	A3
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli	LC	breeding	1993	present	A3

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	not assessed	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		minor (<10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
forestry	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
water management	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Umm al-Tuyyur (Syria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/umm-al-tuyyur-iba-syria on 23/11/2024.