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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	-	2004	present	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	-	2004	present	A4i
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	breeding	2004	present	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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Har Us Nuur National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	321,360	protected area overlaps with site	0
Har Us Nuur	National Conservation Parks	850,272	protected area overlaps with site	0

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Khar Lake. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/01/2022.