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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
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus	LC	non-breeding (2002)	present	B3
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding (2002)	300 pairs	B1ii, B2
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	VU	breeding (2002)	10,000 pairs	A1, A4i, B1i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	breeding (2002)	min 1,350 pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2002)	min 11,350 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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)

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 23/12/2024.