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 |
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White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala | EN | breeding | 2004 | present | A1, A4i |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A3, A4i |
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Greylag Goose Anser anser | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid | VU | breeding | 2004 | present | A1 |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A3, A4i |
Goosander Mergus merganser | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Common Pochard Aythya ferina | VU | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | LC | - | 2004 | present | A4i |
Gadwall Mareca strepera | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A3, A4i |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta | LC | - | 2004 | present | A4i |
Anas crecca | NR | - | 2004 | present | A4i |
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
White-naped Crane Grus vipio | VU | breeding | 2004 | present | A1, A3 |
Common Crane Grus grus | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A3, A4i |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Great White Egret Ardea alba | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus | NT | breeding | 2004 | present | A1, A4i |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus | NT | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii | LC | passage | 2004 | present | A4i |
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A3, A4i |
Relict Gull Larus relictus | VU | breeding | 2004 | present | A1 |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | LC | breeding | 2004 | present | A4i |
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 | breeding | 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).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Har Us Nuur National Park | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 321,360 | protected area overlaps with site | 25,200 |
Har Us Nuur | National Conservation Parks | 850,272 | protected area overlaps with site | 140,400 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Desert | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khar Us Lake. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/khar-us-lake-iba-mongolia on 06/12/2023.