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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	passage	1993	min 500 individuals	B1i
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding	1993	min 35 individuals	A1, B2
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa	LC	passage	1993	min 100 individuals	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

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 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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.