Data Zone
Country/territory: United Arab Emirates
IBA Criteria met: A4, B2a, B3a (2017)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 50 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2017 | medium | near favourable | low |
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Site description
An uninhabited, low, sandy island with sparse, salt-tolerant vegetation, mainly Salsola. The island is surrounded by intertidal sandflats on the south and east sides and a coral shelf elsewhere.
Key biodiversity
See box for key species. At least 30 pairs of Egretta gularis also breed.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Acknowledgements
Data-sheet compiled by S. J. Aspinall.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Umm Amim. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 16/05/2022.
