MN068
Buir Lake


IBA Justification

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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid VU breeding 2004 present A1, A4i
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna LC breeding 2004 present A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea LC breeding 2004 present A4i
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa LC passage 2004 present A1
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus LC breeding 2004 present A4i
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus CR passage 2004 present A1, A3
White-naped Crane Grus vipio VU breeding 2004 present A1, A3
Great Bustard Otis tarda VU breeding 2004 present A1, A3
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea LC breeding 2004 present A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC breeding 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
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC breeding 2004 present A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a unknown 2004 min 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).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Lake Buir and its surrounding wetlands Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 104,000 protected area contains site 43,200

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland) -
Grassland Steppe -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Buir Lake. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/buir-lake-iba-mongolia on 02/12/2023.