Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2019 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
10,060-15,442 individuals |
B3a |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
15,183-21,005 individuals |
B3a |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
20,311-37,863 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor |
NT |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
6,552-12,000 individuals |
B1a, B3a |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
722-1,202 individuals |
A4, B3a |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
1,055-2,378 individuals |
B3a |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
664-749 individuals |
B3a |
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
152-330 individuals |
B3a |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
55-129 individuals |
B1a |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
304-602 individuals |
B1a |
Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
246-515 individuals |
B1a |
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
NT |
winter |
2014-2017 |
212-277 individuals |
B1a |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
309-696 individuals |
B3a |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
LC |
winter |
2014-2017 |
221-461 individuals |
B3a |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
LC |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
420-1,269 individuals |
B3a |
Sahelian Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus |
LC |
resident |
2001 |
present |
A3 |
Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans |
LC |
resident |
2001 |
present |
A3 |
Black Scrub-robin Cercotrichas podobe |
LC |
resident |
2001 |
present |
A3 |
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus |
LC |
resident |
2001 |
present |
A3 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
non-breeding |
2014-2017 |
61,023-83,143 individuals |
B3b |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2019).
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment (most recent) |
State (condition) |
Pressure (threat) |
Response (action) |
2022 |
not assessed |
very high |
low |
Was the whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
no |
unset |
good |
|
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Delta du Fleuve Sénégal (Mauritania)
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve |
0 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here.
Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
agriculture |
- |
water management |
- |
rangeland/pastureland |
- |
Le site n'est pas protégé alors que c'est le seul site de nidification des Flamants nains en Afrique de l'Ouest donc sa vaut le coup vraiment de protéger cette zone.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aftout es Sâheli. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aftout-es-sâheli-iba-mauritania on 19/03/2024.