Sebkha d'Oran (Algeria) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Sebkha d'Oran

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	winter (1972)	200 birds	A1, A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter (1998)	1,408–3,055 birds	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter (1979)	1,250 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 (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	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sebkha d'Oran (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sebkha-doran-iba-algeria on 23/12/2024.