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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
Brown Fish-owl Ketupa zeylonensis	LC	resident	1986	1 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1990	5 individuals	B2

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2010	Yarmouk Forest Reserve	محمية طبيعية	5

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Yarmuk (Jordan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wadi-yarmuk-iba-jordan on 23/11/2024.