Benghazi (Libya) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Benghazi

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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding (1993)	1,000–1,500 birds	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	non-breeding (1993)	700–1,500 birds	A4i

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 (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	not assessed	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Benghazi	Nature Reserve (IV)	10
-	Ain Zayanah	Protected Area (-)	10

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Benghazi (Libya). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/benghazi-iba-libya on 23/12/2024.