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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

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	passage	1996-2007	< 50 individuals	A1
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	2007	142-65,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	2007	1,108-35,932 individuals	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2007	1,727-87,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2007	36-2,030 individuals	A1, A4i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	passage	2005	11,100 individuals	A4i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	passage	1997	22,000 individuals	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage	1997	19,000 individuals	A4i
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	passage	2005	44,827 individuals	A4i
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus	CR	passage	2006	2 individuals	A1
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2007	common individuals	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	2007	present individuals	A3
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	non-breeding	2000-2002	12-78 individuals	A1
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	breeding	2007	rare individuals	A1, A3
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding	2004	25-150 individuals	A1, A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	breeding	2007	common individuals	A3
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	2007	common individuals	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996-2007	170,000-500,000 individuals	A4iii

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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - suppression in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved reseeded grasslands	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	Steppes & dry calcareous	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable
Wetlands (inland)	Water-fringe vegetation	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Koibagar-Tyuntyugur Lake System	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	58,000	protected area contained by site	58,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Steppes & dry calcareous	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Highly improved reseeded grasslands, Other urban & industrial areas, Ruderal land	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Koybagar-Tyuntyugur Lake System. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/12/2022.