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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	resident	-	20-50 individuals	A1
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	-	50-100 individuals	A1, A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	passage	-	200-300 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	20,000 individuals	A4iii

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 (2009) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	1	47	individuals	100	favourable
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	25	86	individuals	100	favourable
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	20,000	6,345	females	32	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Barrage Lebna	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	94
2007	Barrage Lebna	Wetland Zone of National Importance	94

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Artificial wetlands	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Barrage Lebna (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/barrage-lebna-iba-tunisia on 23/11/2024.