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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni	VU	breeding	2004	20-50 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei	LC	breeding	2004	5 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	breeding	2004	20-30 breeding pairs	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	breeding	2004	20 breeding pairs	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	2004	common	A3
Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri	LC	breeding	2004	20 breeding pairs	A3

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	drought	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	temperature extremes	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - salty	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - sandy	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Forest	Wooded desert & semi-desert	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Shrubland		0	0	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	negligible

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Pribalkhashskiy	Zakaznik	503,000	protected area contains site	938
Iliiskaja delta	Zakaznik	244,794	protected area contains site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous, Wooded desert & semi-desert	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - sandy, Desert & semi-desert - salty	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Zheltoranga. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/03/2021.