Dayet El Ferd (6171)
Algeria, Africa
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2016
National site name: Dayet El Ferd
Central coordinates: Latitude: 34.4983, Longitude: -1.2472
Elevation (m): 700 to 700
Area of KBA (km2): 10.87054
Protected area coverage (%): 100.00
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: This site, also known as Dayet El Ferd, lies south-east of the coastal town of Oran and just south of the town of Relizane, in the Monts des Beni-Chougran hills (part of the coastal Tell Atlas) at an altitude of about 700 m. There is no information available on the site’s habitats.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that was identified using previously established criteria and thresholds for the identification of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and for which available data indicate that it does not meet global KBA criteria and thresholds set out in the Global Standard. KBA identified in the CEPF Ecosystem Profile of the Mediterranean Hotspot (2017). Taxonomy, nomenclature and global threat category follow the 2016 IUCN Red List.
Additional biodiversity: See Box for key species. There are recent records for both Tadorna ferruginea and Grus grus wintering in numbers exceeding IBA thresholds, but no further information is available. There were 300 Larus cachinnans wintering on the site in 1994. Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Delineation rationale: 2017-11-03 (BL Secretariat): original coordinates of IBA2001 book (35°27'N 00°23'E) are mistaken, altered to 34°29.9'N 01°14.83'W; polygon also changed, thus area updated to 3323 ha (to match Ramsar Site).
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: No information.