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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Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula | LC | winter | 2008 | 2-3,000 individuals | A4i |
Goosander Mergus merganser | LC | winter | 2008 | 10-500 individuals | A4i |
European Roller Coracias garrulus | LC | breeding | 2007 | 10-30 breeding pairs | A1 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 2007 | 20-40 breeding pairs | A1 |
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug | EN | breeding | 2007 | 1-2 breeding pairs | A1 |
Great Tit Parus major | LC | breeding | 2007 | 5-10 breeding pairs | A3 |
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama | LC | breeding | 2007 | 20-50 breeding pairs | A3 |
Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota | LC | breeding | 2007 | 10-30 breeding pairs | A3 |
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta | LC | breeding | 2007 | 10-40 breeding pairs | A3 |
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps | LC | breeding | 2007 | 100-150 breeding pairs | A3 |
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani | LC | breeding | 2007 | 100-200 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 assessment | |||
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Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
2018 | very unfavourable | not assessed | negligible |
Was the whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
yes | population | good |
State (condition of the trigger species' populations) | ||||||
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Scientific name | Common name | Reference population | Actual population | Units | % of population remaining | Result |
Alectoris chukar | Chukar | 1 | 175 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Bucephala clangula | Common Goldeneye | 975 | 2010 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Mergus merganser | Goosander | 210 | 72 | individuals | 35 | very unfavourable |
Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard | 2 | 4 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Columba oenas | Stock Dove | 1 | 2 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Larus canus | Mew Gull | 41 | 16 | individuals | 40 | unfavourable |
Circus cyaneus | Hen Harrier | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Buteo hemilasius | Upland Buzzard | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel | 2 | 1 | individuals | 50 | unfavourable |
Falco columbarius | Merlin | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Red-billed Chough | 1 | 2 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Perisoreus infaustus | Siberian Jay | 1 | 5 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Corvus dauuricus | Daurian Jackdaw | 1 | 20 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Corvus frugilegus | Rook | 15 | 9 | individuals | 60 | unfavourable |
Corvus corone | Carrion Crow | 16 | 1 | individuals | 7 | very unfavourable |
Melanocorypha yeltoniensis | Black Lark | 1 | 10 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Eremophila alpestris | Horned Lark | 7 | 355 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Galerida cristata | Crested Lark | 3 | 50 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Sitta tephronota | Eastern Rock Nuthatch | 1 | 2 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Tichodroma muraria | Wallcreeper | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Turdus merula | Eurasian Blackbird | 1 | 3 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Turdus atrogularis | Black-throated Thrush | 2 | 30 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Fringilla coelebs | Common Chaffinch | 12 | 1 | individuals | 9 | very unfavourable |
Carpodacus sibiricus | 28 | 7 | individuals | 25 | very unfavourable | |
Spinus spinus | Eurasian Siskin | 22 | 5 | individuals | 23 | very unfavourable |
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 |
Wetlands (inland) | Rivers & streams | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
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 |
Little/none of site covered (<10%) | No management planning has taken place | Very little or no conservation action taking place | negligible |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Flood-plain | - |
Shrubland | Low bushes, Scrub | - |
Desert | Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - sandy | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Rivers & streams, Water-fringe vegetation | - |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Inland cliffs, Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
rangeland/pastureland | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
hunting | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kapchagay Canyon. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kapchagay-canyon-iba-kazakhstan on 23/09/2023.