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 | % 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.