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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
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	winter	1993	uncommon	B2
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs	NT	resident	1993	frequent	A1, A3, B2
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1993	100 breeding pairs	B2
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar	LC	resident	1993	uncommon	B2
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	LC	resident	1993	present	B2
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Arabian Sunbird Cinnyris hellmayri	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba	LC	resident	1985	min 103 individuals	A2, A3, 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 (2014) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Desert		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al-Murah (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-murah-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.