Umm al-Qamari (Saudi Arabia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Umm al-Qamari

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1993	10-15 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1993	65 breeding pairs	B1i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	resident	1993	50-100 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

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	medium	medium
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
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Not assessed	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Umm al-Qamari Islands	محمية ذات طبيعة خاصة	37
1977	Umm al-Qamari Islands	Protected Area	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Umm al-Qamari (Saudi Arabia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/umm-al-qamari-iba-saudi-arabia on 23/11/2024.