Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 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 |
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris |
NT |
resident (2007–2010) |
700 pairs |
A1, A4i |
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris |
NT |
winter (2005–2010) |
1,800–4,400 birds |
A1, A4i |
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus |
LC |
resident (2005–2010) |
40 pairs |
A3 |
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius |
LC |
breeding (2005–2010) |
300 pairs |
A3 |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
winter (2005–2010) |
3,200 birds |
A4i |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
breeding (2005–2010) |
1,500 pairs |
A4i |
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus |
LC |
resident (2005–2010) |
1,000 pairs |
A3 |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
breeding (2005–2010) |
3,600 pairs |
A4i |
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
resident (2005–2010) |
1,800 pairs |
A4i |
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei |
LC |
resident (2005–2010) |
20 pairs |
A3 |
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes |
LC |
resident (2005–2010) |
10 pairs |
A3 |
Basra Reed-warbler Acrocephalus griseldis |
EN |
breeding (2005–2010) |
1,000 pairs |
A1, A2, A3 |
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis |
LC |
resident (2005–2010) |
200 pairs |
A3 |
Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris |
LC |
resident (2005–2010) |
2,000 pairs |
A2, A3 |
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus |
LC |
breeding (2005–2010) |
500 pairs |
A3 |
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus |
LC |
resident (2005–2010) |
1,300 pairs |
A3, A4ii |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (2005–2010) |
50,000-99,999 birds |
A4iii |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2014 |
not assessed |
very high |
very low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
good |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Wetlands (inland) |
major (>10) |
Bogs, marshes, swamps, fens & peatlands |
Land use |
% of IBA |
energy production and mining |
major (>10) |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: West Hammar (Iraq). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/west-hammar-iba-iraq on 23/12/2024.