Maqabah (Bahrain) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Maqabah

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus	LC	passage	1991	500 individuals	B3
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus	LC	winter	1991	35 individuals	B3

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	very unfavourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus	500	17	individuals	4	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Plantations	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	80
agriculture	20

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maqabah (Bahrain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maqabah-iba-bahrain on 27/11/2024.