BirdLife Data Zone

YE041

Wadi Ayhaft (Socotra)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Socotra Scops-owl Otus socotranus	LC	resident	1999-2011	present	A2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	1999-2011	1-4 breeding pairs	A1
Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis	VU	resident	1999-2011	1-4 breeding pairs	A1, A2
Socotra Warbler Incana incana	LC	resident	1999-2011	present	A2
Socotra Starling Onychognathus frater	LC	resident	1999-2011	present	A2
Socotra Sunbird Chalcomitra balfouri	LC	resident	1999-2011	present	A2
Socotra Sparrow Passer insularis	LC	resident	1999-2011	present	A2
Socotra Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus	LC	resident	1999-2011	present	A2

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	medium	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
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Socotra Archipelago	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	410,460	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

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

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Ayhaft (Socotra). Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/8374 on 07/06/2023.