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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	winter (-)	3,000–5,000 birds	A4i
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	winter (-)	200–600 birds	A4i
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter (-)	100–300 birds	A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (-)	2,500–5,000 birds	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	winter (-)	1,000–2,000 birds	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter (-)	1,500–4,500 birds	A4i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	winter (-)	4,000 birds	A4i
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	winter (-)	1,000–5,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (-)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

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	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	5,232 / 3,000 (birds)	100	good
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	433 / 200 (birds)	100	good
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	532 / 2,500 (birds)	22	very poor
Charadrius alexandrinus	116 / 1,000 (birds)	12	very poor
Little Stint Calidris minuta	1,300 / 1,500 (birds)	87	moderate
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	3,118 / 4,000 (birds)	78	moderate
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	21,723 / 20,000 (birds)	100	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Golfe de Boughrara (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/golfe-de-boughrara-iba-tunisia on 23/12/2024.