North coastal plain: airport to Di Selmeho / Ghubbah (Socotra) (Yemen) IBA | Details

YE038

North coastal plain: airport to Di Selmeho / Ghubbah (Socotra)

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2014 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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident (1999–2011)	present	A1
Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus	LC	resident (1999–2011)	min 2,500 birds	A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	not assessed	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2008	Socotra Archipelago	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	64

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North coastal plain: airport to Di Selmeho / Ghubbah (Socotra) (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-coastal-plain:-airport-to-di-selmeho--ghubbah-(socotra)-iba-yemen on 24/12/2024.