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Al-Mukha - Al-Khawkhah


IBA Justification

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
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus LC non-breeding (1993) 100 birds B1ii, B2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia LC non-breeding (1985–1986) 20 birds B1i, B2
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris CR winter (1988) 2 birds A1, A4i, B1i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata NT winter (1985–1993) present A1
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola LC passage (1993) 130 birds B3
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola LC winter (1993) present B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus LC non-breeding (1993) 100 birds A1, B2
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi LC breeding (1993) 20 pairs B3
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa LC passage (1993) 170 birds B3

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2013 not assessed medium 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
Residential and commercial development likely in long term (>4 years) 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

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine minor (<10)
Forest minor (<10)
Grassland minor (<10)
Marine Neritic minor (<10)
Shrubland minor (<10)

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al-Mukha - Al-Khawkhah (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-mukha--al-khawkhah-iba-yemen on 04/12/2024.