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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	LC	non-breeding	1992-1993	min 1 individuals	B1i, B2
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	winter	1993	700 individuals	B1i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	winter	1993	200 individuals	B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding	1990-1992	73-100 individuals	A1, B2
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	breeding	1993	30 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

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	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Yanbu‘ Coastal Conservation Area	محمية	54

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.