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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1994 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	breeding (1975)	1,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	LC	breeding (1975)	21,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	breeding (1975)	9 breeding pairs	B3
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa	LC	breeding (1975)	535 breeding pairs	B3
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	breeding (1975)	1,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (1975)	20,000-49,999 breeding pairs	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1975	Mond	Protected Area (V)	97

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nakhilu, Morghu and Ummal Karam islands (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nakhilu-morghu-and-ummal-karam-islands-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 21/01/2025.