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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus	LC	resident	1996	250 breeding pairs	B2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	1996	300-600 individuals	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	winter	1996	15-20 individuals	B2
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	winter	1996	5-10 individuals	A1

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Korchay State Nature Sanctuary	State Nature Sanctuary	15,000	protected area contained by site	15,000
Korchay State Nature Reserve	State Nature Reserve	4,834	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Desert	Semidesert	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Korchai area. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/07/2020.