ER002
Dehalak Archipelago and offshore islands


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus LC breeding (1962) 500 pairs A1, A4i
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis LC breeding (2000) 500 pairs A4i
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC passage (-) present A1
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor VU breeding (2000) present A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes LC resident (2000) present A3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura LC resident (2000) present A3
Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea NT passage (-) present A1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dehalak Archipelago and offshore islands (Eritrea). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dehalak-archipelago-and-offshore-islands-iba-eritrea on 23/12/2024.