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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	unknown	2005	2,500 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Energy production and mining	oil and gas drilling	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - abstraction of surface water (agricultural use)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Oxyura leucocephala	White-headed Duck	3850	3850	individuals	100	favourable
Branta ruficollis	Red-breasted Goose	8000	7000	individuals	88	near favourable
Tadorna ferruginea	Ruddy Shelduck	30000	30000	individuals	100	favourable
Platalea leucorodia	Eurasian Spoonbill	525	520	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Manychskiy	Zakaznik	13,600	protected area overlaps with site	13,000
Lake Manych-Gudilo	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	112,600	protected area contains site	50,000
Chernyje Zemli	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	532,901	protected area overlaps with site	30,600
Chernye Zemli	Zapovednik	121,901	protected area overlaps with site	27,600

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Manych-Gudilo. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/05/2022.