TM038
Badhyz


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 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
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis LC resident 2006-2007 present A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax NT passage 2006-2007 43 individuals A1
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii VU breeding 2006-2007 32 individuals A1, A3
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni NT breeding 2006-2007 present A3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus EN resident 2006 16 individuals A1
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus NT resident 2006-2007 28 individuals A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca VU passage 2006-2007 6 individuals A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus LC breeding 2006-2007 70 individuals A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug EN resident 2006-2007 4 individuals A1
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida LC breeding 2006-2007 present A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta LC resident 2006-2007 present A3
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata LC resident 2006-2007 present A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii LC resident 2006-2007 present A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps LC breeding 2006-2007 present A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).


IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2018 favourable not assessed low
Was the whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
no population medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name Common name Reference population Actual population Units % of population remaining Result
Ammoperdix griseogularis See-see Partridge 100 100 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Columba eversmanni Yellow-eyed Pigeon 2 2 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Caprimulgus aegyptius Egyptian Nightjar 5 5 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Otis tarda Great Bustard 1 1 individuals 100 favourable
Chlamydotis macqueenii Asian Houbara 10 10 individuals 100 favourable
Cursorius cursor Cream-coloured Courser 2 2 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Otus brucei Pallid Scops-owl 5 5 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture 8 8 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Clanga clanga Greater Spotted Eagle 1 1 individuals 100 favourable
Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle 5 5 individuals 100 favourable
Aquila heliaca Eastern Imperial Eagle 1 1 individuals 100 favourable
Falco cherrug Saker Falcon 5 5 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Ammomanes deserti Desert Lark 5 5 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Hippolais languida Upcher's Warbler 10 10 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Scotocerca inquieta Streaked Scrub-warbler 5 5 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Sitta tephronota Eastern Rock Nuthatch 10 10 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Oenanthe picata Variable Wheatear 50 50 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Oenanthe finschii Finsch's Wheatear 30 30 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Rhodospiza obsoleta Desert Finch 10 10 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Emberiza bruniceps Red-headed Bunting 100 100 breeding pairs 100 favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
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 small area/few individuals (<10%) no or imperceptible deterioration low
Biological resource use hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target) happening now small area/few individuals (<10%) no or imperceptible deterioration low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation Management planning Other conservation action Result
Not assessed A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity low
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)
Pulihatum Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve 15,000 protected area overlaps with site 0
Er-oiladuzskii and / or Kyzyldzhar Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve 21,776 protected area overlaps with site 0
Badkhyz State Nature Reserve 87,680 protected area overlaps with site 87,680

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) Inland cliffs -
Forest Wooded desert & semi-desert -
Desert Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy -
Wetlands (inland) Standing brackish & salt water -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland -
nature conservation and research -
military -
unknown -

Land ownership
State.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Badhyz. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/badhyz-iba-turkmenistan on 27/09/2023.