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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	winter	1990-1992	113-188 individuals	A4i, B1i
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	winter	1990-1992	798-2,232 individuals	A4i, B1i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	winter	1990-1992	335-546 individuals	A4i, B1i
Charadrius mongolus	NR	winter	1990-1992	595-1,125 individuals	B1i
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris	CR	winter	1990	1 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	1990-1992	205-364 individuals	B1i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	winter	1990-1992	1,276-2,740 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	winter	1990-1992	159-381 individuals	B1i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	winter	1990-1992	1,160-3,160 individuals	B1i
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	winter	1990-1992	706-1,647 individuals	B1i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	winter	1990-1992	424-480 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding	1992	18 individuals	B2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	winter	1990-1992	133-294 individuals	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-1992	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 23/11/2024.