Lac Tonga (Algeria) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Lac Tonga

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	1976-1984	30 breeding pairs	A1
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	1999	256 individuals	A1, A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	1997	717 individuals	A1, A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1976-1984	600 breeding pairs	A1, A4i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	breeding	1995	8,865 breeding pairs	A4i
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	breeding	1998	3,220 breeding pairs	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1991-1999	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	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
1983	Parc National d'El-Kala	Parc National	100
1983	Lac Tonga	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1990	El Kala	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lac Tonga (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lac-tonga-iba-algeria on 23/11/2024.