Kal Farun (Socotra)


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus LC breeding 2002-2005 75 breeding pairs A4ii, B1ii, B2
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra LC breeding 2002-2005 900 breeding pairs B1ii, B2
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis VU breeding 2002-2005 2,500 breeding pairs A1, A4i, B1i
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus LC breeding 2002-2005 200 breeding pairs B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.


Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Other major (>10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kal Farun (Socotra) (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kal-farun-(socotra)-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.