MA043
Zone Humide de Laayoune


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus LC winter - 1,110 individuals A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


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 23/11/2024.