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 |
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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 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).
IBA conservation assessment | |||
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Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
2007 | not assessed | low | not assessed |
Was the whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
yes | unset | medium |
State (condition of the trigger species' habitats) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat detail | Reference area (ha) | Actual area (ha) | Habitat quantity (% remaining) | Habitat quality (carrying capacity) | Result |
Desert | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||||
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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 |
Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
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Protected-area designation | Management planning | Other conservation action | Result |
Not assessed | Not assessed | Not assessed | not assessed |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Desert | Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy, Desert & semi-desert - stony | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Buzaubay. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/buzaubay-iba-uzbekistan on 28/11/2023.