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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	passage	2006	10-200 adults	A1, A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	2006	10-150 adults	A1
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	2006	25-350 adults	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	2006	3-40 adults	A1
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage	2006	50-1,500 adults	A4i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	passage	2006	60-2,000 adults	A4i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	2006	60-1,000 adults	A4i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	passage	2006	50-250 adults	A4i
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	passage	2006	2-7 adults	A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2006	5-60 adults	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2006	present	A4iii

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.

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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	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Desert		-
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kagan Fish Farm. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2022.