Al-Ashat islands (Qatar) IBA | Details

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Al-Ashat islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	VU	breeding (1970–1972)	25–50 nests	A1, B2

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	medium	not assessed
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
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

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

Land use

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

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 25/12/2024.