BirdLife Data Zone

IN195

Krishnarajasagar Reservoir

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
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	resident	2004	present	A1
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	20,000 individuals	A4iii

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)
2013	medium	favourable	negligible
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
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)		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	Unknown	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		-

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

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
water management	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Krishnarajasagar Reservoir. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/18218 on 05/06/2023.