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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	breeding	1993	10 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	winter	1990-1992	59-82 individuals	A4i, B1i
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	LC	resident	1993	1-4 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	1993	150 breeding pairs	B1ii
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus	LC	winter	1990-1992	180-310 individuals	B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	winter	1990-1992	351-500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	winter	1990-1992	307-354 individuals	B1i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	resident	1993	110 breeding pairs	B3
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding	1993	10,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	resident	1993	545 individuals	B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding	1992	21 individuals	B2
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	breeding	1993	300 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	1993	12,150 individuals	A4i, B1i
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	resident	1993	20 breeding pairs	B3
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	winter	1990-1992	365-595 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa	LC	breeding	1993	8,300 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	1992	20-65 breeding pairs	B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1993	32 breeding pairs	B2

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

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Not assessed	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Farasan Islands	محمية موارد مستغلة	540,800	is identical to site	331,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Shrubland		-
Forest		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Farasan Islands. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8290 on 30/05/2023.