BirdLife Data Zone

MA012

Canton Forestier de Sidi Bou Ghaba

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	VU	winter	-	480 individuals	A1, A4i
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	LC	resident	-	20 breeding pairs	A4i
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	LC	winter	-	560 individuals	A4i
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Sylvia cantillans	NR	breeding	1999	present	A3
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IBA Monitoring

Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment	Threat score (pressure)	Condition score (state)	Action score (response)
2001	high	not assessed	not assessed
Was the whole site covered?	Yes	State assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	good

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - abstraction of ground water (agricultural use)	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

IBA Protection

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sidi Boughaba	Biological Reserve	650	protected area contained by site	650
Sidi Bou Ghaba	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	2,311	protected area contained by site	650

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Canton Forestier de Sidi Bou Ghaba. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/11/2019.