Sebkhet Sidi El Hani (Tunisia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sebkhet Sidi El Hani

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	breeding	-	500-10,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	-	500-10,000 individuals	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	-	1,000-2,000 individuals	A4i

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

IBA Conservation

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

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2001	favourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

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%)	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1954	Sebkhat Sidi El Heni	Wetland Zone of National Importance	81
2012	Sebkhat Sidi El Heni	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	81

Local Conservation Groups

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

Name	Year formed
AAO/ Tunisian Ornithology Group (GTO)	2000

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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Saline lakes	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sebkhet Sidi El Hani (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sebkhet-sidi-el-hani-iba-tunisia on 23/11/2024.