Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola | LC | passage | 1991 | 500 individuals | B1i |
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus | LC | winter | 1988-1992 | 233-824 individuals | B1i |
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus | LC | passage | 1991 | 2,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | LC | winter | 1988-1992 | 330-731 individuals | B1i |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | LC | passage | 1991 | 1,500 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus | LC | passage | 1991 | 800 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Dunlin Calidris alpina | LC | winter | 1988-1992 | 616-1,586 individuals | B1i |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei | LC | passage | 1991 | 3,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2007 | very high | very unfavourable | low |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Population |
Accuracy of information | good |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Biological resource use | hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target) | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Natural system modifications | dams & water management/use - abstraction of ground water (domestic use) | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Pollution | domestic & urban waste water - sewage | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | moderate to rapid deterioration | high |
Pollution | excess energy - thermal pollution | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Pollution | garbage & solid waste | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Pollution | industrial & military effluents - seepage from mining | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Residential and commercial development | housing and urban areas | happening now | whole area/population (>90%) | very rapid to severe deterioration | very high |
Transportation and service corridors | roads and railroads | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Condition of key/trigger populations (state) | ||||||
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Scientific | Common | TargetPop | ActualPop | Units | Remaining | Result |
Pluvialis squatarola | Grey Plover | 500 | 18 | individuals | 4 | very unfavourable |
Calidris alpina | Dunlin | 1586 | 220 | individuals | 14 | very unfavourable |
Larus genei | Slender-billed Gull | 3000 | 262 | individuals | 9 | very unfavourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun | Some limited conservation initiatives are in place | low |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Tubli Bay National Park | National Park | 1,350 | is identical to site | 1,350 |
Tubli Bay | Marine Protected Area | 1,350 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Tubli Bay | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 1,350 | is identical to site | 1,350 |
Ras Sand Mangrove | Reserve | 50 | protected area contained by site | 50 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Subtropical & tropical mangrove | - |
Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Intertidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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fisheries/aquaculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
energy production and mining | - |
agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tubli Bay. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.