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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	passage	2003-2006	100 individuals	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2006-2007	3-6 breeding pairs	A1
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	non-breeding	2006-2007	5-18 individuals	A1
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	passage	2007	100 individuals	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2007	3-4 breeding pairs	A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2007	40-50 breeding pairs	A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage	2006	20-100 individuals	A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	non-breeding	2006-2007	20-50 individuals	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	unknown	2006	1 breeding pairs	B2

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - agro-industry grazing, ranching or farmin	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	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%)	near favourable
Grassland		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Dagestansky	Zapovednik	19,061	protected area overlaps with site	1,751

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Desert	Semidesert, Desert	-
Artificial - terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	-
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
not utilised	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
energy production and mining	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Barchan Sarykum and Narat-Tyube. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2019.