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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus	LC	breeding	1977-2007	2 individuals	A3
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius	LC	breeding	1977-2007	2-18 individuals	A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding	1977-2007	9-22 individuals	A3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	passage	1977-2007	2-4 individuals	A1
Turkestan Ground-jay Podoces panderi	LC	resident	1977-2007	45-70 individuals	A3
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	breeding	1977-2007	2-4 breeding pairs	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	1977-2007	19-40 individuals	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	breeding	1977-2007	9-30 individuals	A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana	LC	breeding	1977-2007	4-46 individuals	A3
Zarudny's Sparrow Passer zarudnyi	LC	resident	1977-1993	4 individuals	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	breeding	1977-2007	4-40 individuals	A3

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
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	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	drought	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	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		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy, Desert & semi-desert - stony	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Buzaubay. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/03/2023.