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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
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi	LC	resident	1993	present	A3, B3
Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus	LC	resident	1989	500 individuals	A3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	winter	1983	present	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	passage	1993	frequent	A1
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos	EN	resident	1993	min 12 individuals	A1
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Black-crowned Sparrow-lark Eremopterix nigriceps	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps	LC	resident	1993	present	A3
Blackstart Oenanthe melanura	LC	resident	1993	present	A3

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
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	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
Desert		major (>10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Desert west of Al-Ghayda (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/desert-west-of-al-ghayda-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.