Current view: Text account
Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
An inland, semi-arid, sandy desert site, with 60% cover of scattered date-palm
Phoenix dactylifera scrub. Privately owned and currently left uncultivated, unlike nearby areas.
See box for key species. The palm scrub is the main roost-site for
Hypocolius ampelinus in Bahrain. The birds feed in date-palm gardens elsewhere.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Some cutting of date-palm scrub and disturbance of
Hypocolius roosts occurs locally. Lack of human disturbance is essential for roosts, but recently agricultural and housing development has intensified close to the site. The site has been proposed as a Wildlife Reserve.
Data-sheet compiled by Dr S. A. Mohamed and E. Hirschfeld, reviewed by Dr K. Fakhro.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maqabah (Bahrain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maqabah-iba-bahrain on 23/11/2024.
