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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
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus	LC	non-breeding (1993)	1,000 birds	B1ii, B2
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	NT	winter (1988–1992)	144–471 birds	B1i
Charadrius mongolus	NR	winter (1988–1992)	186–335 birds	B1i
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	passage (1993)	10,000 birds	B1i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	winter (1989–1992)	1,459–4,700 birds	A4i, B1i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	winter (1988–1992)	792–3,500 birds	A4i, B1i
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus	LC	winter (1988–1992)	457–1,015 birds	A4i, B1i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	winter (1988–1992)	854–2,686 birds	A4i, B1i
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	winter (1989–1992)	1,849–2,679 birds	A4i, B1i
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	winter (1989–1992)	3,697–5,359 birds	B1i
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	passage (1993)	400 birds	A4i, B1i, B3
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter (1988–1992)	939–2,403 birds	A4i, B1i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	winter (1988–1992)	468–1,200 birds	B1i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1996	Ra's Al Hadd	Nature Reserve (IV)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ras al Hadd (Oman). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ras-al-hadd-iba-oman on 23/12/2024.