YE053
Noged Plain (Socotra)


Site description (2014 baseline):

Key biodiversity
Also an important breeding area for Cream-coloured Courser.

Habitat and land use
Croton/indigofera/lyceum open shrubland, with open coastal plain with patches of dwarf shrubland dominated by Indigofera, Limonium, Zygophyllum and Suaeda and scattered trees in places.

Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Threats: fragmentation through road building and associated ribbon development.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Noged Plain (Socotra) (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/noged-plain-(socotra)-iba-yemen on 23/12/2024.