Al-Mukha - Al-Khawkhah (Yemen) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Al-Mukha - Al-Khawkhah

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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

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

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	negligible
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 (beyond 4 years)	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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		minor (<10)
Forest		minor (<10)
Grassland		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.