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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
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Pharaoh Eagle-owl Bubo ascalaphus	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	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	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
Grassland	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	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid 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

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

Name	Year formed
AAO/ Gasfa Regional Branch	2000

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	major (>10)
Grassland	Grassland - montane, Grassland - secondary	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Ephemeral pools and wetlands, Geothermal springs, Rivers & streams	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Steppe de Gafsa (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/steppe-de-gafsa-iba-tunisia on 23/11/2024.