Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) of estimate |
Population estimate |
IBA Criteria Triggered |
White-faced Whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
20,039-36,323 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
10,283-22,888 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
868-979 individuals |
B3a |
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
1,185-1,669 individuals |
B3a |
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris |
VU |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
55-108 individuals |
A1, B3a |
Garganey Spatula querquedula |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
25,672-67,527 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
9,798-18,931 individuals |
B3a |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
2,251-3,017 individuals |
B3a |
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor |
NT |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
1,776-4,801 individuals |
B1a, B3a |
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina |
VU |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
82-166 individuals |
A1, B3a |
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs |
NT |
resident |
2001 |
present |
A3 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
12-24 individuals |
B3a |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
966-1,662 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
332-619 individuals |
B3a |
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
176-262 individuals |
B3a |
Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
1,130-1,526 individuals |
B3a |
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
6,318-10,122 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
962-2,462 individuals |
B3a |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
4,802-7,181 individuals |
B3a |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
48-168 individuals |
B1a |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
550-941 individuals |
B1a |
Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
70-129 individuals |
B1a |
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
166-299 individuals |
B1a |
Little Stint Calidris minuta |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
1,271-3,398 individuals |
B3a |
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
1,064-2,439 individuals |
B3a |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
365-729 individuals |
B3a |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
248-496 individuals |
B3a |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
707-995 individuals |
B3a |
Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher |
LC |
resident |
2001 |
present |
A3 |
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe |
LC |
resident |
2001 |
present |
A3 |
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus |
LC |
resident |
2001 |
present |
A3 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
101,244-150,798 individuals |
B3b |
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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