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Sebkhet Djendli


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
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata LC winter 1992 9,000 individuals A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus LC winter 1998 3,200 individuals A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus LC winter 1992 1,000 individuals A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter 1992-1998 min 20,000 individuals A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sebkhet Djendli (Algeria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sebkhet-djendli-iba-algeria on 23/11/2024.