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Sebkhet Baker


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
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna LC winter (1993) 5,000 birds A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus LC winter (1992) 3,300 birds A4i

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sebkhet Baker (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sebkhet-baker-iba-algeria on 23/12/2024.