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The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	1999	present	A3
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	1999	unknown	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	LC	resident	1999	unknown	A3
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	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
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

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

Name	Year formed
AAO/ Gasfa Regional Branch	2000

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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Grassland - highveld, Grassland - montane	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Steppe de Gafsa. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/steppe-de-gafsa-iba-tunisia on 02/12/2023.