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Nakhilu, Morghu and Ummal Karam islands


IBA Justification

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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

IBA Protection

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

Habitats

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

Land use

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


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 23/12/2024.