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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding	2009	present	A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2004	present	A1
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus	CR	passage	2004	present	A1
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2009	present	A4i
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2009	present	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Lakes in the Khurkh-Khuiten river valley	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	42,940	is identical to site	42,940
Binderiya khan mountain	Monuments	5,736	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Grassland	Steppe	-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valleys of Khurkh-Khuiten Rivers. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valleys-of-khurkh-khuiten-rivers-iba-mongolia on 01/12/2023.