Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2012
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | IBA criteria triggered |
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Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis | LC | winter | - | 600-2,500 individuals | A4i |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus | LC | winter | 1999 | 750-7,000 individuals | A4i |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia | LC | winter | - | 200-600 individuals | A4i |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding | - | 1,000 individuals | A4i |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | winter | - | 1,000-2,000 individuals | A4i |
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea | NT | winter | - | 2,000-5,500 individuals | A4i |
Little Stint Calidris minuta | LC | winter | - | 2,500-5,500 individuals | A4i |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei | LC | breeding | - | 1,400 individuals | A4i |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei | LC | winter | - | 1,400-3,000 individuals | A4i |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | winter | - | 400-3,500 individuals | A4i |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | - | 20,000 individuals | A4iii |
Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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IBA conservation status - summary | |||
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Year of assessment (most recent) | Threat (pressure) | Condition (state) | Action (response) |
2009 | medium | very unfavourable | medium |
Was the whole site assessed? | yes | Condition (state) assessed by | population |
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 - persecution/control | likely in short term (within 4 years) | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Climate change and severe weather | drought | likely in long term (beyond 4 years) | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Human intrusions and disturbance | work and other activities | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Invasive and other problematic species and genes | problematic native species/diseases - unspecified species | likely in short term (within 4 years) | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Condition of the site (state), by species | ||||||
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Scientific name | Common name | Reference population | Actual population | Units | % of population remaining | Result |
Oxyura leucocephala | White-headed Duck | 1 | 9 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Tadorna tadorna | Common Shelduck | 750 | 1277 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Marmaronetta angustirostris | Marbled Teal | 1 | 14 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Marmaronetta angustirostris | Marbled Teal | 1 | 3 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Podiceps nigricollis | Black-necked Grebe | 2200 | 240 | individuals | 11 | very unfavourable |
Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo | 1325 | 8106 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Platalea leucorodia | Eurasian Spoonbill | 120 | 93 | individuals | 78 | near favourable |
Egretta garzetta | Little Egret | 100 | 120 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Recurvirostra avosetta | Pied Avocet | 1000 | 1446 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt | 770 | 1390 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Charadrius alexandrinus | Kentish Plover | 660 | 1619 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Glareola pratincola | Collared Pratincole | 190 | 54 | breeding pairs | 29 | very unfavourable |
Larus genei | Slender-billed Gull | 1400 | 5290 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Larus genei | Slender-billed Gull | 700 | 3350 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Sternula albifrons | Little Tern | 80 | 160 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | 250 | 500 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Sterna nilotica | 70 | 100 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable | |
Species group - waterbirds | A4iii | 20000 | 35210 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Conservation actions taken at the site (response) | |||
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Protected-area designation | Management planning | Other conservation action | Result |
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive | Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity | medium |
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Salines de Thyna | Wetland Zone of National Importance | 3,343 | protected area contained by site | 860 |
Salines de Thyna | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 3,343 | protected area contained by site | 1,900 |
The Local Conservation Groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.
Name | Year formed |
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AAO/ Sfax Regional Branch | 2000 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Marine Neritic | - | |
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine | Saltpans | - |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - | |
Marine Intertidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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hunting | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salines de Thyna. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6944 on 05/06/2023.