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Tâmourt de Chlim


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
Garganey Spatula querquedula LC winter - 23,700 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.


Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tâmourt de Chlim (Mauritania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tâmourt-de-chlim-iba-mauritania on 23/11/2024.