Qishran Bay (Saudi Arabia) IBA | Details

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Qishran Bay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	LC	non-breeding (1993)	rare	B1i, B2
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	non-breeding (1993)	present	B3
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris	LC	non-breeding (1993)	1 birds	B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding (1993)	40 pairs	B2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	very high	very low
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	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very 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 planning has taken place	Not assessed	very low

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Qishran Bay (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/qishran-bay-iba-saudi-arabia on 23/12/2024.