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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	resident	1993	present	B3
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	resident	1993	15 breeding pairs	B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	breeding	1982	present	A1, B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1993	40 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	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
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Desert		minor (<10)
Forest		minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Al-Wajh Bank (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/al-wajh-bank-iba-saudi-arabia on 23/11/2024.