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Jizan Bay


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1994 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
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia LC winter (1990–1992) 113–188 birds A4i, B1i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VU winter (1990–1992) 798–2,232 birds A4i, B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus LC winter (1990–1992) 335–546 birds A4i, B1i
Charadrius mongolus NR winter (1990–1992) 595–1,125 birds B1i
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris CR winter (1990) 1 birds A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata NT winter (1990–1992) 205–364 birds B1i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica NT winter (1990–1992) 1,276–2,740 birds A4i, B1i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres NT winter (1990–1992) 159–381 birds B1i
Dunlin Calidris alpina NT winter (1990–1992) 1,160–3,160 birds B1i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus LC winter (1990–1992) 706–1,647 birds B1i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola LC winter (1990–1992) 424–480 birds A4i, B1i, B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus LC non-breeding (1992) 18 birds B2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica LC winter (1990–1992) 133–294 birds A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (1990–1992) min 20,000 birds A4iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal major (>10)
Marine Neritic minor (<10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jizan Bay (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jizan-bay-iba-saudi-arabia on 25/12/2024.