Nukhaylah - Ghulayfiqah (Yemen) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Nukhaylah - Ghulayfiqah

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2013 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
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	passage	1982-1989	25 individuals	B1i, B2
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus	LC	resident	1982-1989	2-4 individuals	B2
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	non-breeding	1982-1989	10 individuals	A1, B2
White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa	LC	passage	1982-1989	present	B3
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar	LC	resident	1982-1989	1 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2013. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very 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 planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nukhaylah - Ghulayfiqah (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nukhaylah--ghulayfiqah-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.