Aqueduc de Zaghouan (Tunisia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Aqueduc de Zaghouan

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	-	30 breeding pairs	A1

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

IBA Conservation

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

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2001	favourable	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	60	60	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Unknown	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Unknown Name Hunting Reserve	Other Area	-

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
AAO/ Tunisian Ornithology Group (GTO)	2000

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aqueduc de Zaghouan (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aqueduc-de-zaghouan-iba-tunisia on 23/11/2024.