Abdullah Gharib lagoons (Yemen) IBA | Details

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Abdullah Gharib lagoons

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	non-breeding (1993)	min 1,720 birds	A4i, B1i, B3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage (1989)	min 24,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	passage (1993)	min 1,750 birds	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1989)	min 30,000 birds	A4iii

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (<4 years)	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

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

Habitats

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

Land use

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

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 23/12/2024.