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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	breeding	1985	1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	breeding	1985	500 breeding pairs	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Les Sept Frères (Djibouti). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/les-sept-frères-iba-djibouti on 23/11/2024.