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'):Species | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) | Population estimate at site | IBA criteria met |
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Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 4,574-9,300 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 345-600 individuals | B1i |
Great White Egret Ardea alba | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 113-340 individuals | B1i |
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 874-1,858 individuals | B1i |
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis | LC | resident | 1993 | 90 breeding pairs | B1i |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 3,507-8,200 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | VU | non-breeding | 1990-1992 | 8,043-15,000 individuals | A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
Haematopus ostralegus | NR | winter | 1989-1992 | 4,547-10,700 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 1,064-2,600 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 2,289-5,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 498-800 individuals | B1i |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 1,290-3,500 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus | LC | winter | 1989-1991 | 427-950 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris | CR | winter | 1990 | 3 individuals | A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata | NT | winter | 1989-1992 | 948-1,750 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica | NT | winter | 1989-1992 | 30,973-50,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 1,311-1,724 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris | EN | winter | 1989-1992 | 450-1,200 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 2,283-5,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea | NT | winter | 1989-1992 | 8,086-15,300 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Sanderling Calidris alba | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 4,495-11,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Dunlin Calidris alpina | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 22,003-60,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Little Stint Calidris minuta | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 10,321-15,500 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 327-608 individuals | B1i |
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 1,001-3,200 individuals | B1i |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 9,393-13,200 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 1,419-3,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, B3 |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 23,609-50,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 653-1,500 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii | LC | resident | 1993 | 75-100 breeding pairs | B3 |
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 8,989-28,500 individuals | A4i, B1i, B3 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | LC | winter | 1991 | 14,700 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus | LC | breeding | 1993 | 1,500-2,500 breeding pairs | B1i |
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi | LC | breeding | 1993 | 20 breeding pairs | B3 |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 461-1,400 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | LC | breeding | 1993 | 10 breeding pairs | A4i, B2 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | winter | 1991 | 3,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis | LC | winter | 1990-1992 | 1,013-3,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 16,689-45,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii | LC | winter | 1989-1992 | 1,682-4,100 individuals | B1i |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1989-1992 | 100,000-499,999 individuals | A4iii |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1994).
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - | |
Desert | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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fisheries/aquaculture | - |
rangeland/pastureland | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Barr al Hikman. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/barr-al-hikman-iba-oman on 07/12/2023.