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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
Mlaâbi reservoir is a small, man-made water-body behind a dam built across a modest watercourse, for irrigation of local agriculture, near the northern tip of Cap Bon, just north of the town of Menzel Temime. Water-levels vary as water is extracted, so there is little permanent vegetation; small areas of
Typha angustifolia,
Tamarix and
Juncus species are found. It is one of several similar reservoirs at the tip of Cap Bon which form important stop-over points for migrating birds, not only waterbirds, since the drainage of Garaet el Haouaria.
See Box for key species. It is suspected that
Oxyura leucocephala (12–80 pairs) and
Marmaronetta angustirostris breed. Other species that occur during passage and winter include
Podiceps cristatus,
Anas platyrhynchos,
A. clypeata,
A. acuta,
Aythya ferina,
A. nyroca,
Fulica atra,
Himantopus himantopus,
Glareola pratincola,
Charadrius dubius,
C. alexandrinus,
Calidris minuta,
Tringa totanus,
T. nebularia,
T. glareola and
T. hypoleucos.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Threats include human disturbance and hunting.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Barrage Mlaâbi (Tunisia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/barrage-mlaâbi-iba-tunisia on 22/12/2024.
