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Hamr an Nafur


IBA Justification

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
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis VU non-breeding 1993 10,000-15,000 individuals A1, A4i, B1i, B2

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


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hamr an Nafur (Oman). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hamr-an-nafur-iba-oman on 23/11/2024.