Data Zone
Country/territory: United Arab Emirates
IBA Criteria met: B2a, B3a (2017)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 680 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2017 | low | favourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
Extensive inter-tidal mudflats near Abu Dhabi city that is under private ownership and has restricted entry.
Key biodiversity
This site has regularly recorded Great Knot and it also has significant numbers of waterbirds like Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Slender-billed Gull, Kentish Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Western reef Egret, Eurasian Curlew and Eurasian Oystercatcher.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ba Al Ghaylam. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/08/2020.
