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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
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

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Mond	Protected Area	97

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) 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 23/11/2024.