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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2017

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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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Threats to the site (pressure)
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)
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)
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

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Al Wathba	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	455	is identical to site	500

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Waste-water treatment areas	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Al Wathba. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/08/2022.