Sebkhet Halk el Menzel (Tunisia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sebkhet Halk el Menzel

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	1991-2009	63-6,545 individuals	A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1999	500-3,000 individuals	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	-	2,000 individuals	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	1991-2009	70-1,828 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	very unfavourable	not assessed	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	750	6,545	individuals	100	favourable
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	1,325	4,672	individuals	100	favourable
Common Crane Grus grus	900	1	individuals	1	very unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2012	Sebkhet Halk El Manzel et Oued Essed	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	57
2012	Sebkhet Halk El Manzel et Oued Essed	Wetland Zone of National Importance	57

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name	Year formed
AAO/ Sfax Regional Branch	2000

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sebkhet Halk el Menzel (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sebkhet-halk-el-menzel-iba-tunisia on 23/11/2024.