Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | LC | winter | - | 1,000-12,500 individuals | A4i |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | LC | winter | - | 2,000-10,000 individuals | A4i |
Phoenicopterus ruber | NR | winter | - | 4,000-25,000 individuals | A4i |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | - | 20,000-49,999 individuals | A4iii |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2019 | high | very unfavourable | negligible |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | unset |
Accuracy of information | good |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Biological resource use | hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target) | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target) | happening now | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | slow but significant deterioration | high |
Climate change and severe weather | drought | happening now | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | moderate to rapid deterioration | high |
Pollution | garbage & solid waste | happening now | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | moderate to rapid deterioration | high |
Residential and commercial development | commercial and industrial development | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | moderate to rapid deterioration | high |
Residential and commercial development | housing and urban areas | likely in short term (within 4 years) | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | very rapid to severe deterioration | high |
Condition of habitat (state) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat Detail | Reference Area (ha) | Actual Area (ha) | % of habitat remaining | % of carrying capacity (overall) | Result |
Wetlands (inland) | 2979 | 2605 | - | moderate (70-90%) | unfavourable |
Condition of key/trigger populations (state) | ||||||
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Scientific | Common | TargetPop | ActualPop | Units | Remaining | Result |
Tadorna tadorna | Common Shelduck | 16000 | 9310 | individuals | 59 | unfavourable |
Spatula clypeata | Northern Shoveler | 9200 | 51000 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo | 12500 | 9820 | individuals | 79 | near favourable |
Grus grus | Common Crane | 1000 | 250 | individuals | 25 | very unfavourable |
Species group - waterbirds | A4iii | 46000 | 80000 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Little/none of site covered (<10%) | No management planning has taken place | Very little or no conservation action taking place | negligible |
Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Sebkhet Sejoumi | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 2,979 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Sebkhet Sejoumi | Wetland Zone of National Importance | 2,979 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Sebkhet Sedjoumi | Wetland Zone of National Importance | 3,600 | protected area contains site | 2,700 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Wetlands (inland) | Saline lakes | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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hunting | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sebkhet Sejoumi. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 16/01/2021.