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Chingiztau Mountains


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
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo LC breeding 2007 24-38 individuals A3
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius CR breeding 2007 16 breeding pairs A1, A3, A4i
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis EN breeding 2007 7-70 breeding pairs A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus NT breeding 2007 150-175 breeding pairs A1, A3
European Roller Coracias garrulus LC breeding 2007 50-249 breeding pairs A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC breeding 2007 640-1,220 breeding pairs A1, A4ii
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug EN breeding 2007 7-30 breeding pairs A1
Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis LC breeding 2007 250-999 breeding pairs A3
White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera LC breeding 2007 50-249 breeding pairs 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)
2017 favourable low negligible
Was the whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes habitat good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name Common name Reference population Actual population Units % of population remaining Result
Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck 1 2 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck 115 30 individuals 27 very unfavourable
Spatula querquedula Garganey 1 20 individuals 100 favourable
Mareca strepera Gadwall 1 2 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard 1 20 individuals 100 favourable
Anthropoides virgo Demoiselle Crane 40 8 breeding pairs 20 very unfavourable
Grus grus Common Crane 1 8 individuals 100 favourable
Ciconia nigra Black Stork 1 3 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet 1 15 individuals 100 favourable
Pluvialis squatarola Grey Plover 1 15 individuals 100 favourable
Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew 50 50 individuals 100 favourable
Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit 50 70 individuals 100 favourable
Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper 1 15 individuals 100 favourable
Calidris alba Sanderling 1 15 individuals 100 favourable
Calidris alpina Dunlin 1 15 individuals 100 favourable
Calidris minuta Little Stint 1 15 individuals 100 favourable
Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe 1 7 individuals 100 favourable
Tringa totanus Common Redshank 1 15 individuals 100 favourable
Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper 1 15 individuals 100 favourable
Aquila nipalensis Steppe Eagle 58 8 individuals 14 very unfavourable
Circus pygargus Montagu's Harrier 1 30 individuals 100 favourable
Buteo rufinus Long-legged Buzzard 16 6 individuals 38 very unfavourable
Falco naumanni Lesser Kestrel 14 60 individuals 100 favourable
Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby 1 3 individuals 100 favourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Habitat detail Reference area (ha) Actual area (ha) Habitat quantity (% remaining) Habitat quality (carrying capacity) Result
Desert Desert & semi-desert - clay 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Desert Desert & semi-desert - salty 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Forest Flood-plain 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Grassland Humid 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Grassland Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Grassland Steppes & dry calcareous 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) Inland cliffs 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Shrubland Juniper scrub 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Shrubland Low bushes 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Shrubland Scrub 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Wetlands (inland) Fens, transition mires & springs 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Wetlands (inland) Rivers & streams 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Wetlands (inland) Standing brackish & salt water 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable
Wetlands (inland) Water-fringe vegetation 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) 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) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming happening now whole area/population (>90%) 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
Unknown No management planning has taken place Unknown negligible
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Desert Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty -
Shrubland Scrub, Low bushes, Juniper scrub -
Forest Flood-plain -
Grassland Humid, Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Steppes & dry calcareous -
Wetlands (inland) Rivers & streams, Fens, transition mires & springs, Standing brackish & salt water, Water-fringe vegetation -
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) Inland cliffs, Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas -
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land, Other urban & industrial areas -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
rangeland/pastureland -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chingiztau Mountains. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chingiztau-mountains-iba-kazakhstan on 02/10/2023.