Current view: Text account
Site description (2014 baseline):
Site location and context
Proposed as an IBA in 2016 (Porter and Suleiman 2016); first surveyed in 2000.
No location or location name is given for reasons of security as it is the only known breeding colony of the globally near-threatened Jouanin’s Petrel in the world (Taleb 2002). The population is probably >4000 individuals. It is a regular loafing area for flocks of the globally vulnerable Socotra Cormorant.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Threats: none known.
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 23/11/2024.
