Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2017 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 |
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
VU |
winter |
1994-2017 |
610-932 individuals |
B3a |
Charadrius mongolus |
NR |
winter |
1994-2017 |
1,530-1,939 individuals |
B3a |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
winter |
1994-2017 |
1,050-1,704 individuals |
B1a, B3a |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
passage |
1994-1995 |
1,130-1,619 individuals |
B1a, B3a |
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris |
EN |
winter |
1993-2001 |
130-282 individuals |
A1, B3a |
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris |
EN |
passage |
1993-1995 |
200-603 individuals |
A1, B3a |
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola |
LC |
winter |
1994-1998 |
366-528 individuals |
B2a |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2017) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2017. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2017 |
favourable |
low |
high |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
habitat |
medium |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation |
% overlap with IBA |
2007 |
Marawah
|
Protected Area |
100
|
2007 |
Marawah
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve |
100
|
Habitat1 |
Habitat detail |
% of IBA |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
|
major (>10) |
Marine Intertidal |
|
major (>10) |
Forest |
Subtropical & tropical mangrove |
minor (<10) |
Marine Neritic |
|
minor (<10) |
1.
IUCN Habitat classification.
Land use |
% of IBA |
nature conservation and research |
100 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marawah Island (United Arab Emirates). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marawah-island-iba-united-arab-emirates on 22/11/2024.