Ba Al Ghaylam (United Arab Emirates) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Ba Al Ghaylam

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2017 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
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	passage	2010-2015	860 individuals	B3a
Charadrius mongolus	NR	winter	2010-2015	1,550-1,800 individuals	B3a
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	winter	2010-2015	17-36 individuals	B3a
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	winter	2010-2015	167 individuals	B2a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2017) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2017. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	favourable	low	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Intertidal	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Forest	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	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	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Forest	Subtropical & tropical mangrove	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ba Al Ghaylam (United Arab Emirates). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ba-al-ghaylam-iba-united-arab-emirates on 22/11/2024.