Complexe de zones humides de la plaine de Guerbes - Sanhadja (Algeria)

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Complexe de zones humides de la plaine de Guerbes - Sanhadja

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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	resident	1991	1 breeding pairs	A1
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	1987	35 individuals	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	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2001	Complexe de zones humides de la plaine de Guerbes-Sanhadja	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Complexe de zones humides de la plaine de Guerbes - Sanhadja (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/complexe-de-zones-humides-de-la-plaine-de-guerbes--sanhadja-iba-algeria on 23/11/2024.