Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus |
LC |
breeding (1993) |
10 pairs |
B2 |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
breeding (1993) |
6 pairs |
B1i, B2 |
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath |
LC |
resident (1995–2002) |
2 pairs |
B2 |
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster |
LC |
breeding (1995–2002) |
600 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2 |
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola |
LC |
breeding (1995–2002) |
830 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3 |
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii |
LC |
breeding (1995–2002) |
435 pairs |
B3 |
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus |
LC |
breeding (1995–2002) |
721 pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus |
LC |
breeding (1995–2002) |
4,975 pairs |
B1i |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
LC |
breeding (1995–2002) |
5 pairs |
B2 |
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa |
LC |
breeding (1995–2002) |
2,200 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3 |
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis |
LC |
breeding (1995–2002) |
250 pairs |
B1i, B2 |
Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
LC |
resident (1995–2002) |
min 100 pairs |
B2 |
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor |
VU |
breeding (1993) |
1 pairs |
B2 |
A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (1995–2002) |
9,196 pairs |
A4iii |
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.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2013 |
not assessed |
high |
very low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
unset |
unknown |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
Desert |
minor (<10) |
|
Forest |
minor (<10) |
|
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
fisheries/aquaculture |
major (>10) |
urban/industrial/transport |
minor (<10) |
other |
minor (<10) |
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 23/12/2024.