Sebkhet Halk el Menzel (Tunisia) IBA | Details

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Sebkhet Halk el Menzel

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter (1991–2009)	63–6,545 birds	A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter (1999)	500–3,000 birds	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter (-)	2,000 birds	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter (1991–2009)	70–1,828 birds	A4i

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 poor	not assessed	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	6,545 / 750 (birds)	100	good
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	4,672 / 1,325 (birds)	100	good
Common Crane Grus grus	1 / 900 (birds)	1	very poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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 visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

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

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 23/12/2024.