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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	resident	1996	40-50 breeding pairs	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	2004

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
water management	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Varvara Reservoir. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/varvara-reservoir-iba-azerbaijan on 24/09/2023.