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The site was identified as important in 2000 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	resident	1982	4 individuals	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	winter	1986	30 individuals	B2
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos	EN	winter	1985	rare	B2
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident	1993	present	B3
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident	1993	present	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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10%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Not assessed	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2011	Qatar Nature Reserve	محمية طبيعية	18

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)
Savanna		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
military	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Araba (Jordan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wadi-araba-iba-jordan on 23/11/2024.