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The site was identified as important in 2013 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
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea	LC	resident	1985	present	A3
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs	NT	resident	1985	7 individuals	A1, A3, B2
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe	LC	resident	1985	present	A3
Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica	LC	resident	1985	present	A3
Arabian Golden Sparrow Passer euchlorus	LC	resident	1985	common	A3, B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2013. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Not assessed	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Grassland		major (>10)
Savanna		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Mawr - Al-Zuhrah (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wadi-mawr--al-zuhrah-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.