Data Zone
Country/territory: United Arab Emirates
IBA Criteria met: B3a (2017)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 196 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2017 | medium | favourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
Al-Zorah Protected Area is among the top 5-6 most important natural wetlands in the northern Emirates. It supports a diversity of natural wetland habitats such as sand beaches, sabkha, intertidal mudflats, lagoons, creeks and mangrove forests, with the latter occupying about 50% of the Protected Area.
Key biodiversity
The site supports a total of 87 species including the globally vulnerable greater spotted eagle (Aquila clanga) and Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis). The waterbirds that use Al-Zorah during their annual migration include the broad-billed sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus) during passage and the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) in winter.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Al Zorah (Khor Ajman). Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2023.
