Current view: Text account
Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
An area of mangrove on the southern Red Sea shore, 30 km north-west of al-Birk. A shallow, muddy bay with large stands of
Avicennia marina. The subtidal zone is sandy with seagrass beds. There is a local fishery.
See box for key species. Other breeding species include
Butorides striatus and
Pandion haliaetus, and possibly
Pelecanus rufescens (also winters: max. 21),
Platalea leucorodia,
Acrocephalus stentoreus and
A. baeticatus.
Non-bird biodiversity: Mammals: Dugong dugon (V).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
There are presently local threats from small-scale cutting of mangrove and grazing by camels. The area is a proposed Resource Use Reserve in the NCWCD System Plan for Protected Areas.
Data-sheet compiled by A. Stagg.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khawr 'Amiq (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/khawr-amiq-iba-saudi-arabia on 22/11/2024.
