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An Important Bird Area (IBA) is an area designated as globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs.

IBAs are determined by an internationally-agreed set of criteria. To be listed as an IBA, a site must satisfy at least one of the following conditions:

provide habitat to sustain a population of an internationally threatened species.
house large numbers or concentrations of migratory birds, shorebirds, or seabirds.
be part of a large number of range-restricted or biome-restricted species.

Generally, IBAs must be amenable to conservation and wildlife management as well. Currently there are about 10,000 IBAs worldwide. The program was developed by BirdLife International; IBAs in a given country are designated by a national conservation organization. BirdLife International (formerly known as the International Council for Bird Preservation, not to be confused with Birds International) is the international conservation

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