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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
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	-	40-80 individuals	A1
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding	-	50 individuals	A1, A4i
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	-	300 individuals	A1, A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	breeding	-	1,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	-	3,000 individuals	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	-	1,000-2,000 individuals	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	-	1,000-3,500 individuals	A4i
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	1999	present	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola	LC	winter	1999	present	A3
Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Buff-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

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 (2001) is shown below.

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2007	Gareat Sidi Mansour	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	49
2007	Gareat Sidi Mansour	Wetland Zone of National Importance	49

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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