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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Brown Fish-owl Ketupa zeylonensis	LC	resident (1986)	1 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (1990)	5 individuals	B2

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 key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2010	Yarmouk Forest Reserve	محمية طبيعية (IV)	5

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

Land use	% of IBA
military	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)
forestry	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
other	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Yarmuk (Jordan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wadi-yarmuk-iba-jordan on 19/01/2025.