Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis |
VU |
breeding (1972–1977) |
50–100 pairs |
A1, B2 |
| Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus |
LC |
breeding (1972–1977) |
3,000–5,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
| White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa |
LC |
breeding (1972–1977) |
25,000–300,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
breeding (1972–1977) |
28,000–305,000 pairs |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1975 |
Shidvar
|
Wildlife Refuge (IV) |
61 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Desert |
minor (<10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
100 |
| other |
major (>10) |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sheedvar island (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sheedvar-island-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/12/2024.
