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Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
An area of mangrove on the southern Red Sea shore, c.20 km north-west of the town of Shuqaiq (west of ad-Darb). A shallow bay with large intertidal mudflats, stands of mangrove
Avicennia and offshore seagrass beds. There is a local fishery.
See box for key species. Other breeding species include
Butorides striatus and
Pandion haliaetus, and possibly
Pelecanus rufescens (also winters: max. 35),
Platalea leucorodia,
Acrocephalus stentoreus and
A. baeticatus.
Non-bird biodiversity: Mammals: Dugong dugon (V).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
There are presently local threats from small-scale cutting of mangrove and grazing by camels, but plans to develop shrimp farms in the future are a critical threat to the mangrove. The area is not proposed for protection in the NCWCD System Plan for Protected Areas.
Data-sheet compiled by A. Stagg and P. Symens.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shuqaiq mangrove (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shuqaiq-mangrove-iba-saudi-arabia on 22/11/2024.
