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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2017

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis	LC	non-breeding	2010-2015	210-310 individuals	B3a
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	non-breeding	2010-2015	1,000-2,000 individuals	B3a
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus	LC	winter	2010-2015	1,700-4,000 individuals	A4, B3a
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	passage	2010-2015	850-2,000 individuals	B3a
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	winter	2010-2015	60-88 individuals	B3a
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	winter	2010-2015	350-450 individuals	B2a

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	shipping lanes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Forest	Subtropical & tropical mangrove	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Marine Intertidal		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Egretta gularis	Western Reef-egret	170	210	individuals	100	favourable
Charadrius alexandrinus	Kentish Plover	250	1500	individuals	100	favourable
Charadrius mongolus	Lesser Sandplover	800	1700	individuals	100	favourable
Numenius arquata	Eurasian Curlew	800	150	individuals	19	not assessed
Limosa lapponica	Bar-tailed Godwit	1000	900	individuals	90	near favourable
Calidris tenuirostris	Great Knot	50	58	individuals	100	favourable
Dromas ardeola	Crab-plover	500	400	individuals	80	near favourable
Species group - waterbirds	A4iii	2800	2750	individuals	99	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Desert	Hot	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Forest	Subtropical & tropical mangrove	-
Marine Neritic		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Khor Al Beidah. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.