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The site was identified as important in 1994 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
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	VU	breeding	1970-1972	25-50 nests	A1, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Khor Al Udeid Fish Sanctuary	Protected Area	100

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al-Ashat islands (Qatar). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-ashat-islands-iba-qatar on 23/11/2024.