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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
Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi	LC	resident (1993)	common	A2, A3, B3
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala	LC	resident (1993)	present	A3
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus	LC	resident (1993)	5 pairs	A3, B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident (1993)	4 pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (1993)	present	B2
Arabian Woodpecker Dendropicos dorae	NT	resident (1993)	5–10 pairs	A1, A3, B2
Brown Woodland-warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens	LC	resident (1993)	present	A3
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident (1993)	present	B3
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident (1993)	common	A3
Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis	NT	resident (1993)	present	A1, A2, A3, B2
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident (1993)	present	A3
Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides	LC	resident (1993)	common	A3
Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba	LC	resident (1993)	present	A2, A3, B3
Arabian Serin Crithagra rothschildi	LC	resident (1993)	present	A3
Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis	LC	non-breeding (1993)	uncommon	A2, A3
Yemen Linnet Linaria yemenensis	LC	resident (1993)	present	A2, A3, B3
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea	NT	passage (1993)	present	A1, B2

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

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

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	major (>10)
Forest	minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	minor (<10)
Savanna	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Turabah and Jabal Ibrahim (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wadi-turabah-and-jabal-ibrahim-iba-saudi-arabia on 22/12/2024.