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The site was identified as important in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica	LC	winter	2004	unknown	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	winter	2004	present	A1
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	2004	present	A4i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	2004	unknown	A4i
Anas crecca	NR	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius	EN	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1
Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer	EN	winter	2004	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	20,000 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2004).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hakaluki Haor. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hakaluki-haor-iba-bangladesh on 23/09/2023.