Wadi Jawwah (Saudi Arabia) IBA | Details

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Wadi Jawwah

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage (1993)	36 birds	A1, B2
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar	LC	resident (1993)	present	B2
Arabian Woodpecker Dendropicos dorae	NT	resident (1993)	present	A1
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
Arabian Golden Sparrow Passer euchlorus	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (1993)	3,000 birds	B1iv

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 (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	very high	very 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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Habitats

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

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Jawwah (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wadi-jawwah-iba-saudi-arabia on 24/12/2024.