Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2017
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus | LC | winter | 2002-2017 | 4,000 individuals | B3a |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | non-breeding | 2002-2017 | 50-975 individuals | B3a |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus | LC | winter | 2002-2017 | 50-1,275 individuals | B3a |
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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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2017 | low | favourable | medium |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Population |
Accuracy of information | medium |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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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 | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Invasive and other problematic species and genes | problematic native species/diseases - named species | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Condition of key/trigger populations (state) | ||||||
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Scientific | Common | TargetPop | ActualPop | Units | Remaining | Result |
Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo | 2400 | 4000 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt | 460 | 80 | individuals | 18 | not assessed |
Charadrius alexandrinus | Kentish Plover | 500 | 650 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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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 | Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity | medium |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Al Wathba | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 455 | is identical to site | 500 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Artificial/Aquatic & Marine | Waste-water treatment areas | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Al Wathba. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 09/08/2022.