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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
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	winter	1989	25 individuals	B1i, B2
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	passage	1986	240 individuals	B1i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	1995-2011	min 30 individuals	A1
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	non-breeding	1986	166 individuals	B3
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	breeding	1986	10-20 breeding pairs	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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

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
Shrubland		13
Forest		1
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Desert		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)

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