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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
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1993	common	A3
Desert Tawny Owl Strix hadorami	LC	resident	1993	present	A3, B3
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	winter	1985	1 individuals	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	passage	1990-1991	3 individuals	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	breeding	1993	1-5 breeding pairs	B2
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	passage	1992	8,000 individuals	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	1993	10 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1990	rare	A3, B2
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident	1993	present	A3, B3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1993	present	B3
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha	LC	resident	1993	present	A3, B3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus	LC	passage	1993	present	B3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1993	8,200 individuals	B1iv

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Not assessed	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1985	Mujib Nature Reserve	محمية طبيعية	100
2011	Mujib Biosphere Reserve	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	63

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		major (>10)
Grassland		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
military	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
hunting	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)

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