BirdLife Data Zone

KZ119

Markakol State Nature Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	A3
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2006	70 individuals	A3
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	breeding	2006	609 individuals	A4i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	breeding	2006	5 individuals	A3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding	2006	2 individuals	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2005	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2006).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2012	very unfavourable	not assessed	medium
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Mergus merganser	Goosander	609	10	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Ciconia nigra	Black Stork	12	6	individuals	50	unfavourable
Ciconia nigra	Black Stork	12	6	individuals	50	unfavourable
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	45	150	individuals	100	favourable
Pandion haliaetus	Osprey	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Milvus migrans		1	300	individuals	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other 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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Markakol'skiy	State Nature Reserve	75,040	protected area overlaps with site	75,048

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban & industrial areas, Ruderal land	-
Forest	Flood-plain, Mixed, Native coniferous, Treeline ecotone	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine & boreal, Humid, Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Tundra	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs, Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas	-
Shrubland	Low bushes, Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires & springs, Rivers & streams, Standing fresh water	-

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

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Markakol State Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/markakol-state-nature-reserve-iba-kazakhstan on 04/12/2023.