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The site was identified as important in 2013 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
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	winter	1993	90 individuals	B1i, B2
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	LC	non-breeding	1993	3 individuals	B2
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens	LC	non-breeding	1993	100 individuals	B2
Charadrius mongolus	NR	passage	1993	1,000 individuals	B1i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	passage	1993	250 individuals	A1
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	VU	passage	1993	400 individuals	B1i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	passage	1993	100 individuals	B3
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	winter	1993	38 individuals	B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding	1993	5 individuals	A1
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa	LC	passage	1993	120 individuals	B3
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris	LC	resident	1995-2011	rare	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	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	Not assessed	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Desert		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Midi - Al-Luhayyah (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/midi--al-luhayyah-iba-yemen on 22/11/2024.