Sebkhet Sidi Mansour (Tunisia) IBA | Details

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Sebkhet Sidi Mansour

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident (1999)	present	A3
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter (-)	40–80 birds	A1
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding (-)	50 birds	A1, A4i
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter (-)	300 birds	A1, A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	breeding (-)	1,000 pairs	A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter (-)	3,000 birds	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter (-)	1,000–2,000 birds	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter (-)	1,000–3,500 birds	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

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	good	high	very low
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%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Biological resource use	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	Unknown	Unknown	very low

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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 23/12/2024.