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Site description (2014 baseline):

Important for Odonata.

Habitat: Palm-fringed wadi running through rocky valley with semi-evergreen trees plus scattered Jatropha, Zizziphus, Tamarix and Croton, dense in places; stony hillsides with sparse dwarf Croton and patches of Jatropha.

Threats: road construction could fragment the site.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wadi Merkoh (Socotra) (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wadi-merkoh-(socotra)-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.