BirdLife Data Zone

IN065

Khichan

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps	CR	resident	2004	present	A1
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
White-browed Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2014	low	favourable	low
Was the whole site assessed?	yes	Condition (state) assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	good

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	no known threats	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Artificial/Terrestrial		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khichan. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/18352 on 02/06/2023.