Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo | LC | breeding | 2007 | 180 individuals | A3 |
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | EN | breeding | 2007 | 7-36 breeding pairs | A3 |
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus | NT | breeding | 2007 | 80-100 breeding pairs | A1, A3 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 2007 | 85-320 individuals | A1 |
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug | EN | breeding | 2007 | 1-7 breeding pairs | A1 |
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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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2017 | low | favourable | medium |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Habitat |
Accuracy of information | good |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Agricultural expansion and intensification | annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Agricultural expansion and intensification | livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - motivation unknown/unrecorded | happening now | 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 |
Transportation and service corridors | utility & service lines | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Condition of habitat (state) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat Detail | Reference Area (ha) | Actual Area (ha) | % of habitat remaining | % of carrying capacity (overall) | Result |
Forest | Broadleaved deciduous | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Grassland | Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Inland cliffs | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Shrubland | Juniper scrub | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Shrubland | Low bushes | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Wetlands (inland) | Rivers & streams | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing brackish & salt water | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Condition of key/trigger populations (state) | ||||||
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Scientific | Common | TargetPop | ActualPop | Units | Remaining | Result |
Anthropoides virgo | Demoiselle Crane | 180 | 8 | individuals | 5 | very unfavourable |
Tetrax tetrax | Little Bustard | 1 | 2 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Ciconia nigra | Black Stork | 1 | 2 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe | 1 | 20 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Asio otus | Northern Long-eared Owl | 1 | 3 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | 1 | 10 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Aquila nipalensis | Steppe Eagle | 13 | 2 | individuals | 16 | very unfavourable |
Aquila chrysaetos | Golden Eagle | 1 | 1 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Hieraaetus pennatus | Booted Eagle | 1 | 10 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Circus aeruginosus | Western Marsh-harrier | 1 | 3 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Circus pygargus | Montagu's Harrier | 1 | 25 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Buteo rufinus | Long-legged Buzzard | 1 | 6 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Falco naumanni | Lesser Kestrel | 4 | 15 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Falco tinnunculus | Common Kestrel | 1 | 25 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Falco columbarius | Merlin | 1 | 8 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Falco cherrug | Saker Falcon | 1 | 1 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Some of site covered (10-49%) | A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species | Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity | medium |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Highly improved reseeded grasslands | - |
Shrubland | Juniper scrub, Low bushes | - |
Grassland | Humid, Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Steppes & dry calcareous | - |
Desert | Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy | - |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Inland cliffs, Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Rivers & streams, Standing brackish & salt water | - |
Forest | Flood-plain, Broadleaved deciduous | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
rangeland/pastureland | - |
not utilised | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Eastern Kazakhstan uplands. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 26/02/2021.