BirdLife Data Zone

TN017

Sebkhet Halk el Menzel

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	1991-2009	63-6,545 individuals	A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1999	500-3,000 individuals	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	-	2,000 individuals	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	1991-2009	70-1,828 individuals	A4i

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2009	not assessed	very unfavourable	low
Was the whole site assessed?	yes	Condition (state) assessed by	population
Accuracy of information	good

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sebkhet Halk El Manzel et Oued Essed	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,450	protected area contained by site	0
Sebkhet Halk El Manzel et Oued Essed	Wetland Zone of National Importance	1,450	protected area contained by site	0

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
AAO/ Sfax Regional Branch	2000

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sebkhet Halk el Menzel. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6934 on 04/06/2023.