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The site was identified as important in 1999 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
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	breeding	-	70 breeding pairs	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1999) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Elba	Multiple Use Management Area	100

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Siyal islands (Egypt). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/siyal-islands-iba-egypt on 23/11/2024.