• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	VU	passage	2005	3 individuals	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	2006	1,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	2006	3,000 individuals	A4i

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - abstraction of surface water (agricultural use)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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 - sandy	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Forest	Flood-plain	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable
Grassland	Humid	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable
Grassland	Steppes & dry calcareous	0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable
Shrubland	Scrub	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Wetlands (inland)	Water-fringe vegetation	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Cygnus cygnus	Whooper Swan	13	2	individuals	16	very unfavourable
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	3000	1600	individuals	54	unfavourable
Haematopus ostralegus		1	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Larus ichthyaetus	Pallas's Gull	33	472	individuals	100	favourable
Larus cachinnans	Caspian Gull	1	800	nests	100	favourable
Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern	1	25	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Haliaeetus albicilla	White-tailed Sea-eagle	3	5	nests	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Flood-plain	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Humid, Steppes & dry calcareous	-
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - sandy	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban & industrial areas, Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
water management	-

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

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Cherniy (Black) Irtysh Delta. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/01/2021.