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Buzaubay


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus LC breeding 1977-2007 2 individuals A3
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius LC breeding 1977-2007 2-18 individuals A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii VU breeding 1977-2007 9-22 individuals A3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug EN passage 1977-2007 2-4 individuals A1
Turkestan Ground-jay Podoces panderi LC resident 1977-2007 45-70 individuals A3
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis LC breeding 1977-2007 2-4 breeding pairs A3
Great Tit Parus major LC resident 1977-2007 19-40 individuals A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta LC breeding 1977-2007 9-30 individuals A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana LC breeding 1977-2007 4-46 individuals A3
Zarudny's Sparrow Passer zarudnyi LC resident 1977-1993 4 individuals A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta LC breeding 1977-2007 4-40 individuals A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).


IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2007 not assessed low not assessed
Was the whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes unset medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Habitat detail Reference area (ha) Actual area (ha) Habitat quantity (% remaining) Habitat quality (carrying capacity) Result
Desert 0 0 good (> 90%) good (> 90%) favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1 Threat level 2 Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - nomadic grazing happening now small area/few individuals (<10%) no or imperceptible deterioration low
Biological resource use logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting some of area/population (10-49%) no or imperceptible deterioration low
Climate change and severe weather drought likely in long term (beyond 4 years) whole area/population (>90%) no or imperceptible deterioration low
Energy production and mining mining and quarrying likely in long term (beyond 4 years) small area/few individuals (<10%) no or imperceptible deterioration low
Residential and commercial development commercial and industrial development likely in long term (beyond 4 years) small area/few individuals (<10%) no or imperceptible deterioration low
Transportation and service corridors roads and railroads happening now small area/few individuals (<10%) no or imperceptible deterioration low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation Management planning Other conservation action Result
Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed not assessed
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Desert Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy, Desert & semi-desert - stony -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Buzaubay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/buzaubay-iba-uzbekistan on 01/12/2023.