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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	winter	2000-2005	185-5,135 adults	A1, A4i
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	2000-2005	18-350 adults	A4i
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris	VU	winter	2000-2005	4-120 adults	A1, A4i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	2000-2005	18-4,550 adults	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	2000-2005	250-29,100 adults	A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	2000-2005	8-245 adults	A1
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	2000-2005	187-10,670 adults	A4i
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius	LC	breeding	2001	2 adults	A3
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	winter	2000-2005	1,820-208,036 adults	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	2000-2005	1-35 adults	A1
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	2001	1 adults	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	2001	6 adults	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	1997-1998	5 adults	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	breeding	2001	1 adults	A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana	LC	breeding	2001	1 adults	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2000-2005	19,277-286,634 individuals	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) - nomadic grazing	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	oil and gas drilling	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - abstraction of surface water (agricultural use)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	industrial & military effluents - oil spills	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Lake Dengizkul	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	31,300	protected area contained by site	31,300
Dengizkulskiy	Wildlife Refuge	50,000	protected area contains site	49,658

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Desert		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Dengizkul Lake. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/08/2022.