Zubayr group of islands (Yemen) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Zubayr group of islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus	LC	non-breeding	1983	present	B2
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	LC	breeding	2002	min 6,250 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	non-breeding	1945	common	B3
White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus	LC	breeding	2002	min 167 breeding pairs	A1, B1i, B2
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor	VU	breeding	2002	min 25 breeding pairs	A1, B2
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2002	min 6,700 breeding pairs	A4iii

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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	low	negligible
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	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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

Habitats

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	major (>10)
military	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zubayr group of islands (Yemen). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zubayr-group-of-islands-iba-yemen on 23/11/2024.