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Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
Situated 20 km north-east of Al-Ghayda, these large coastal lagoons lie either side of the village of Abdullah Gharib.
An important feeding and roosting area for gulls and terns, and to a lesser extent waders. See table for key species; smaller numbers of other terns occur, notably
Sterna caspia. This coast attracts very large numbers of migrant gulls
Larus in autumn, with 30,000 (80%
L. fuscus) counted along 50 km in November.
Non-bird biodiversity: No information.
The lagoons are separated from the sea by sand-dunes, surrounded by extensive fringes of saline mud, and set in a dusty sand and gravel plain with a poor cover of salt-tolerant plants.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The only likely threat to the sites is excessive disturbance of birds by human activity.
Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity
No formal nature conservation measures are known to have been taken.
Data-sheet compiled by Chris Bradshaw and R. F. Porter.
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.
