SO002
Jasiira Maydh


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


Land use

Land use % of IBA
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jasiira Maydh (Somalia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jasiira-maydh-iba-somalia on 23/11/2024.