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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding	2004	present	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	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2009	present	A3, A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A3
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1, A3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Lake Ganga and its surrounding wetlands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3,280	protected area overlaps with site	32,800
Ganga Lake	Monuments	32,860	unknown	0
Dariganga	National Conservation Parks	64,548	protected area overlaps with site	0
Dariganga	National Park	0	protected area contains site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Desert		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ganga Lakes. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/16356 on 10/06/2023.