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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	1991	80-150 individuals	A1, B1i, B2
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	1991	5,500 individuals	B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1991	350-500 individuals	B1i
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	winter	1991	125-150 individuals	B1i
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1991	18,500 individuals	B1i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	passage	1991	1,500-2,000 individuals	B1i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1991	275-300 breeding pairs	B1i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1991	280-325 breeding pairs	B1i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	1991	650-850 individuals	B1i
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1991	250-275 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	passage	1991	37,000 individuals	B1i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1991	92 individuals	A1, B2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	passage	1991	200-300 individuals	B1i
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	winter	1991	1,434 individuals	B1i
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	winter	1991	21 individuals	A1, B2
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	passage	1991	50-350 individuals	A1, B2
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	winter	1991	3,500-5,000 individuals	B1i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	1992	22 individuals	A1, B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1991	55,500 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (1994) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Zevulun Valley	Nature Reserve	<1
1968	En Nimefit	Nature Reserve	<1
1994	En Afeq	Nature Reserve	1
1996	En Afeq Nature Reserve	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	1
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
agriculture	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zevulun valley (Israel). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zevulun-valley-iba-israel on 23/11/2024.