Data Zone
Country/territory: Yemen
IBA Criteria met: A1, A3, A4i, B1iv (1994)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 6,000 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2013 | very high | not assessed | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
This IBA is extended south to Bajil to include the agricultural land and the new Bajil Sewage Lagoons: four large concrete lined settlement talks in a largely agricultural area. Recently created (in last few years).
Visited frequently since Evans (1994), on two occasions to search for satellite-tagged Northern Bald Ibis on migration as signals were received from the Bajil area. Last visited in 2011.
Key biodiversity
The rubbish dump at Bajil is an important feeding spot for eagles, vultures and storks. The new sewage lagoons are a resting and feeding site for Common and Demoiselle Cranes and is likely to be a site used by Northern Bald Ibis in passage (as was the case with the Taizz sewage lagoons in the 1980s).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Al-Kadan area. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 18/09/2020.
