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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii	LC	resident	1977	uncommon	A3
Sykes's Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis	LC	resident	1977	uncommon	A3
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	1987-1992	52-112 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1970-1977	3,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Thick-knee Esacus recurvirostris	NT	resident	1977	2 breeding pairs	B3
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	winter	1970-1977	1,000 individuals	B1i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	breeding	1977	2 breeding pairs	B3
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	passage	1977	1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	passage	1977	500 individuals	B3
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	breeding	1977	present	B3
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	passage	1977	110 individuals	B1i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	passage	1977	2,000 individuals	B1i
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	winter	1977	1,000 individuals	B1i
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	1977	27 individuals	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	1977	9 individuals	A1, B2
Sind Woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis	LC	resident	1977	9 individuals	A3, B3
Greater Hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3
Pale Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta	LC	resident	1977	common	A3
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis	LC	resident	1977	abundant	A3
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca	LC	winter	1977	47 individuals	B3
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha	LC	resident	1977	6 individuals	A3, B3
Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata	LC	resident	1977	12 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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Govater Bay and Hur-e-Bahu	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	75,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gando	Protected Area	441,312	is identical to site	0
Bahukalat (Gando)	Protected Area	461,472	is identical to site	461,472

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Desert		-
Sea		-
Coastline		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Forest		-
Shrubland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bahu Kalat (Gandu) Protected Area. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2022.