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The site was identified as important in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding	1999-2007	50-249 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus	LC	breeding	1999-2007	present	A4ii, B1ii, B3
Abd al Kuri Sparrow Passer hemileucus	VU	resident	1999-2007	250-999 individuals	A1, A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2008	Socotra Archipelago	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abd al-Kuri (Socotra) (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/abd-al-kuri-(socotra)-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.