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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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding	1993	10 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1993	6 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	LC	resident	1995-2002	2 breeding pairs	B2
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	1995-2002	600 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	breeding	1995-2002	830 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	breeding	1995-2002	435 breeding pairs	B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	breeding	1995-2002	721 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding	1995-2002	4,975 breeding pairs	B1i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1995-2002	5 breeding pairs	B2
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa	LC	breeding	1995-2002	2,200 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	breeding	1995-2002	250 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident	1995-2002	min 100 breeding pairs	B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	1993	1 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1995-2002	9,196 breeding pairs	A4iii

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Desert		minor (<10)
Forest		minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)
other	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands north of Al-Hudaydah (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-north-of-al-hudaydah-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.