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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding (1999–2007)	50-249 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 birds	A1, A2

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	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2008	Socotra Archipelago	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100

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

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 23/12/2024.