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 |
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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) |
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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 | - |
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.