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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3, A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Relict Gull Larus relictus	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	20,000 individuals	A4iii

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Khyargas Lake	National Park	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Khan Khukhii-Khyragas Lake	National Conservation Parks	221,598	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ayrag lake	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	45,000	protected area overlaps with site	34,800
Airag Lake	National Park	34,800	is identical to site	34,800

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Desert		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Airag Lake. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/airag-lake-iba-mongolia on 02/10/2023.