MA043
Zone Humide de Laayoune


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus LC winter (-) 1,110 birds A4i

Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zone Humide de Laayoune (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zone-humide-de-laayoune-iba-morocco on 27/12/2024.