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 |
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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 | % of IBA |
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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.