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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
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	LC	breeding (2002)	3 pairs	B2
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus	LC	non-breeding (1975–1976)	common	B1ii, B2
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding (2002)	525 pairs	B1ii, B2
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	LC	breeding (2002)	1,200 pairs	B1i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	breeding (2002)	430 pairs	B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	breeding (2002)	2,500 pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding (2002)	12,200 pairs	A4i, B1i
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa	LC	breeding (2002)	900 pairs	B3
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	resident (2002)	17 pairs	B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding (2002)	7 pairs	A1, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2002)	17,758 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	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

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	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
military	minor (<10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jaza'ir al-Hanish (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jazair-al-hanish-iba-yemen on 23/12/2024.