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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2010

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	VU	non-breeding	1991-2009	332-4,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1999	3,000-15,000 individuals	A4i
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	1999	present	A3
Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	passage	1999	present	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	passage	1999	present	A3
Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	LC	winter	1999	present	A3
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Buff-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	20,000 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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Threats to the site (pressure)
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	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Energy production and mining	oil and gas drilling	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo	18000	18000	individuals	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Zones humides oasiennes de Kebili	Wetland Zone of National Importance	2,419	protected area overlaps with site	0
Zones humides oasiennes de Kebili	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	2,419	protected area overlaps with site	0
Dghoumes	National Park	8,022	protected area overlaps with site	0
Chott Jrid	Wetland Zone of National Importance	586,187	protected area overlaps with site	0
Chott Jrid	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	586,187	protected area overlaps with site	0

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Chott Djerid. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2022.