Data Zone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | passage | 1992 | 370 individuals | B1i |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | resident | 1992 | 50 breeding pairs | B1i |
| Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi | LC | passage | 1992 | 200 individuals | B3 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1994).
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2006 | unfavourable | low | medium |
| Was the whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| yes | habitat | medium | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' populations) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Common name | Reference population | Actual population | Units | % of population remaining | Result |
| Himantopus himantopus | 50 | 50 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' habitats) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat | Habitat detail | Reference area (ha) | Actual area (ha) | Habitat quantity (% remaining) | Habitat quality (carrying capacity) | Result |
| Artificial/Aquatic & Marine | 0 | 0 | moderate (70-90%) | moderate (70-90%) | unfavourable | |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat level 1 | Threat level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Residential and commercial development | housing and urban areas | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | some of area/population (10-49%) | very rapid to severe deterioration | low |
| Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected-area designation | Management planning | Other conservation action | Result |
| Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun | Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity | medium |
| Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial/Aquatic & Marine | - | |
| Shrubland | - |
| Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
|---|---|
| urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ramtha lagoons. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ramtha-lagoons-iba-united-arab-emirates on 29/11/2023.
