Oued Sed (Tunisia) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Oued Sed

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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding (-)	30 pairs	A1, 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 (2001) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2001	poor	high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Pollution	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

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

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
AAO/ Sousse Regional Branch	2000

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	major (>10)	Rivers & streams; Riverine floodplains

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oued Sed (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oued-sed-iba-tunisia on 23/12/2024.