BirdLife Data Zone

SA020

Jiddah south corniche and port

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	winter	1992	255-277 individuals	A4i, B1i
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	LC	winter	1992	1 individuals	B1i
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis	LC	winter	1992	294-440 individuals	B1i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	winter	1992	381-412 individuals	B1i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	winter	1992	2,230-5,475 individuals	A4i, B1i
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding	1992	11 individuals	B2
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	winter	1992	79-137 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter	1992	104-137 individuals	B1i

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2013	very high	not assessed	negligible
Was the whole site assessed?	yes	Condition (state) assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	unknown

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	domestic & urban waste water - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

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Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
water management	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jiddah south corniche and port. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8272 on 05/06/2023.