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The site was identified as important in 2013 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
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	non-breeding	1993	min 1,720 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage	1989	min 24,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	passage	1993	min 1,750 individuals	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1989	min 30,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Abdullah Gharib lagoons (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/abdullah-gharib-lagoons-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.