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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
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus	LC	non-breeding	2002	present	B3
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	2002	300 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	VU	breeding	2002	10,000 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	breeding	2002	min 1,350 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2002	min 11,350 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	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very 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)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
other	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands off Bir Ali (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-off-bir-ali-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.