BirdLife Data Zone

YE024

Abdullah Gharib lagoons

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2013

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	non-breeding	1993	min 1,720 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage	1989	min 24,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	passage	1993	min 1,750 individuals	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1989	min 30,000 individuals	A4iii

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	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
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	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

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

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

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

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abdullah Gharib lagoons. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8357 on 01/06/2023.