Current view: Text account
Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
A large tidal creek (Khor Jask) and adjacent mudflats, beaches, dunes and sparsely vegetated sandy plains on the coast of south-west Iranian Baluchistan, a few kilometres north of the fishing port of Jask. The creek extends several kilometres inland and contains a particularly fine stand (c.100 ha) of mangrove
Avicennia marina at its far end. Land ownership is public.
See boxes for key species. An important staging and wintering area for a wide variety of shorebirds, gulls and terns.
Ardeola grayii and
Burhinus recurvirostris are probably resident, and
Ardea goliath has been recorded.
Pterocles exustus and
Calandrella raytal occur on the plains.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
There is no legal protection and no information on threats.
Data-sheet compiled by Dr D. A. Scott, reviewed by Dept of Environment.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khor Jask (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/khor-jask-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.
