Al-Ikhwan (Socotra) (Yemen) IBA | Details

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Al-Ikhwan (Socotra)

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
Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax	NT	non-breeding (1993)	common	A1, A4ii, B1ii, 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	low	very low
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
No known threats	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2008	Socotra Archipelago	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100

Habitats

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

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al-Ikhwan (Socotra) (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-ikhwan-(socotra)-iba-yemen on 26/12/2024.