Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2006).
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
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)
Markakol'skiy
State Nature Reserve
75,040
protected area overlaps with site
75,048
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
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.