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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
Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi	LC	resident	1993	common	A2, A3, B3
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	A3
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1993	rare	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	passage	1995-2011	present	A1
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1993	common	B2
Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	A3
Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis	NT	resident	1995-2011	present	A1, A2, A3
Little Rock-thrush Monticola rufocinereus	LC	resident	1995-2011	present	A3
Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides	LC	resident	1993	frequent	A3
Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis	LC	resident	1993	common	A2, A3, B3
Yemen Linnet Linaria yemenensis	LC	resident	1993	common	A2, A3

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%)	moderate to rapid 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
Grassland		major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
agriculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jabal al-Nabi Shu'ayb (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jabal-al-nabi-shuayb-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.