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

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

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	1999-2011	present	A1
Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus	LC	resident	1999-2011	min 2,500 individuals	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

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
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site 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	% overlap with IBA
2008	Socotra Archipelago	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	64

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.