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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
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	passage (1993)	min 500 birds	B1i
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding (1993)	min 35 birds	A1, B2
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa	LC	passage (1993)	min 100 birds	B3

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	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
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al-Fazzah (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-fazzah-iba-yemen on 23/12/2024.