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

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	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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
Desert		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.