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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2006

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus	LC	breeding	1999	5-8 breeding pairs	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding	1995-1999	200-1,200 individuals	A4i
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding	1995-2001	100-600 breeding pairs	A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1995-2002	100-800 breeding pairs	A4i
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura	LC	breeding	2001	400-600 breeding pairs	A4i
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	1995-2001	1-5 breeding pairs	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	1999	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	breeding	1999	2-3 breeding pairs	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Brandt's Mountain-finch Leucosticte brandti	LC	breeding	1999	5-10 breeding pairs	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)
Golden Mountains of Altai	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	1,611,457	protected area overlaps with site	137,000
Altaisky	Zapovednik	881,238	protected area contains site	137,000
Altaisky	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	3,532,234	protected area contains site	137,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine & boreal, Tundra	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water	-
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dzhulukul' depression. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/18702 on 10/06/2023.