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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni	VU	breeding	2001-2005	20-100 individuals	A1, A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding	2005-2006	500 individuals	A1, A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	passage	2001-2004	1,500-2,700 individuals	A1
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter	2001-2005	5-15 individuals	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2001-2005	5-10 individuals	A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A1
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	resident	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2001-2005	< 50 individuals	A1
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	2001-2005	< 50 individuals	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri	LC	resident	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Pterocles orientalis	Black-bellied Sandgrouse	100	150	individuals	100	favourable
Chlamydotis undulata		1337	500	individuals	38	very unfavourable
Aquila heliaca	Eastern Imperial Eagle	10	10	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Timurskiy	Zakaznik	3,500	protected area overlaps with site	0
Arys-Karaktau	State Reservation	404,000	is identical to site	404,000

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy	-
Shrubland	Low bushes, Scrub	-
Forest	Flood-plain, Wooded desert & semi-desert	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Highly improved reseeded grasslands, Perennial crops, orchards & groves	-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arys-Karaktau State Reserved Zone. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arys-karaktau-state-reserved-zone-iba-kazakhstan on 03/12/2023.