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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2012

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
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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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	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
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)
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

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)
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
AAO/ Sfax Regional Branch	2000

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Saltpans	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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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.