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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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding	2005-2017	max 222 breeding pairs	A4, B3a
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	breeding	2005-2017	550-1,350 breeding pairs	A4, B2a, B3a
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	2005-2017	4,000-6,500 breeding pairs	A4, B3a
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	breeding	2005-2017	25,000-45,000 breeding pairs	A4, B3a
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	2005-2017	29,900-50,485 breeding pairs	B3b

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Phaethon aethereus	Red-billed Tropicbird	125	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable
Larus hemprichii	Sooty Gull	950	1350	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Onychoprion anaethetus	Bridled Tern	5250	6500	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Sterna repressa	White-cheeked Tern	4000	1500	breeding pairs	38	very unfavourable
Thalasseus bengalensis	Lesser Crested Tern	35000	34000	breeding pairs	98	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Qarnein Island	Marine Protected Area	0	protected area contains site	300

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
urban/industrial/transport	-
tourism/recreation	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
other	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Qarnain Island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/06/2022.