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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1994 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	LC	non-breeding (1992–1993)	min 1 birds	B1i, B2
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	winter (1993)	700 birds	B1i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	winter (1993)	200 birds	B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding (1990–1992)	73–100 birds	A1, B2
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	breeding (1993)	30 pairs	B3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Yanbu‘ Coastal Conservation Area	محمية (IV)	54

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Madinat Yanbu al-Sinaiyah (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/madinat-yanbu-al-sinaiyah-iba-saudi-arabia on 26/12/2024.