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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	A3, A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	breeding	2004	present	A1, A3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus	CR	-	2009	present	A1, A3
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3, A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A3, A4i
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A3
Hooded Crane Grus monacha	VU	-	2009	present	A1, A3
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A3
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Relict Gull Larus relictus	VU	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).

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: Tashgain Tavan Lakes. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tashgain-tavan-lakes-iba-mongolia on 25/09/2023.