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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	winter	-	400 individuals	A4i
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata	LC	winter	-	760 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Aguelman Sidi Ali	Hunting Reserve	29
2008	Khenifra National Park	Parc National	83
2012	PN Khenifra	Réserve de Chasse Permanente	89

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aguelmane de Sidi Ali Ta'nzoult (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aguelmane-de-sidi-ali-tanzoult-iba-morocco on 22/11/2024.