SD001
Wadi Halfa


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus LC resident (1999) present A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus LC resident (1999) present A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta LC resident (1999) present A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva LC resident (1999) present A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga LC resident (1999) present A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens LC resident (1999) present A3

Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Halfa (Sudan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wadi-halfa-iba-sudan on 23/12/2024.