Jouanin's Petrel cliffs (Socotra) (Yemen) IBA | Details

Jouanin's Petrel cliffs (Socotra)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 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
Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax	NT	breeding (2000–2011)	4,000 birds	A1, A4ii, B2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	good	low	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax	4,000 / 4,000 (birds)	100	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jouanin's Petrel cliffs (Socotra) (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jouanins-petrel-cliffs-(socotra)-iba-yemen on 24/12/2024.