BirdLife Data Zone

YE025

Desert west of Al-Ghayda

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IBA Criteria

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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1993	present	A3, B3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus	LC	resident	1989	500 individuals	A3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	winter	1983	present	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	passage	1993	frequent	A1
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos	EN	resident	1993	min 12 individuals	A1
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Black-crowned Sparrow-lark Eremopterix nigriceps	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura	LC	resident	1993	present	A3

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

IBA Monitoring

Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment	Threat score (pressure)	Condition score (state)	Action score (response)
2013	high	not assessed	negligible
Was the whole site covered?	Yes	State assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	unknown

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

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	Not assessed	negligible

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Desert		-
Shrubland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Desert west of Al-Ghayda. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.