Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
winter (1989–1992) |
222–341 birds |
B1i |
| Charadrius mongolus |
NR |
winter (1989–1992) |
277–322 birds |
B1i |
| Sanderling Calidris alba |
LC |
winter (1989–1992) |
356–2,500 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
winter (1989–1992) |
822–1,722 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
LC |
winter (1989–1992) |
23,704–35,526 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus |
LC |
winter (1989–1992) |
1,216–3,801 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Mew Gull Larus canus |
LC |
winter (1990) |
1,650 birds |
B1i |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus |
LC |
winter (1989–1992) |
568–1,754 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans |
LC |
winter (1989–1992) |
1,137–3,507 birds |
B1i |
| Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii |
LC |
non-breeding (1989–1992) |
265–490 birds |
B1i |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Khawr Kashnir |
Natural Resource Reserve (-) |
-
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
1 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al Batinah coast (Oman). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-batinah-coast-iba-oman on 23/12/2024.
