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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2006

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2006	30-100 individuals	A1
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage	2006	500-1,500 individuals	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2006	2,500-9,999 individuals	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	2006	160-300 individuals	A1, A4i
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	passage	2006	120-300 individuals	A4i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage	2006	600-1,000 individuals	A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	2006	500-1,500 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2006	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Desert		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Akzhar Lakes. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.