Key Biodiversity Areas

Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary (Khor Dubai) (8322)
United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPluvialis squatarolaGrey PloverLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusKentish PloverLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesTringa totanusCommon RedshankLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesCalidris alpinaDunlinLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesCharadrius mongolusLesser SandploverLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesNumenius arquataEurasian CurlewLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesLarus ridibundusBlack-headed GullLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesLimicola falcinellusBroad-billed SandpiperLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesLimosa lapponicaBar-tailed GodwitLR/lc1994link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary (Khor Dubai). Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 18, 2025.