Umm ar-Rihan -IBA

Governorate: Jenin.

Climate: Mediterranean area.

IBA Criteria met: B2 (1999).

Area: 2,500 ha.

Site description:

IBA, It is a protected region with an environmental system resembles the Mediterranean natural forests. It is also a semi coastal region, borders Jenin city from the west and the Green Line that separate lands along the 1967 and 1948 borders .

Special birds:

White stork, Eurasian sparrow hawk, Spectacled Common chaffinch, bulbul, European turtle dove, Linnet, Black-eared wheatear, Crested lark, Chukar, Short-toed eagle