Archipel de la Galite (Tunisia) IBA | Details

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Archipel de la Galite

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding (-)	40 pairs	A1
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (1999)	140 pairs	A3, A4ii
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3

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	good	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good
Grassland	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good
Shrubland	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Unknown	low

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 visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)	Bushland & thicket - Mediterranean

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Archipel de la Galite (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/archipel-de-la-galite-iba-tunisia on 23/12/2024.