SO002
Jasiira Maydh


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus LC breeding (1979) 20,000 breeding pairs A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a breeding (-) 24,000–30,000 individuals A4iii

Land use

Land use % of IBA
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jasiira Maydh (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jasiira-maydh-iba-somalia on 05/01/2025.