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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
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	-	1,000-12,500 individuals	A4i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	-	2,000-10,000 individuals	A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	-	4,000-25,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	-	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	16,000	9,310	individuals	59	unfavourable
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	9,200	51,000	individuals	100	favourable
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	12,500	9,820	individuals	79	near favourable
Common Crane Grus grus	1,000	250	individuals	25	very unfavourable
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	46,000	80,000	individuals	100	favourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	-	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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 planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Sebkhet Sedjoumi	Wetland Zone of National Importance	100
2007	Sebkhet Sejoumi	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	88
2007	Sebkhet Sejoumi	Wetland Zone of National Importance	88

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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