The site was identified as important in 2016 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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Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica | LC | non-breeding | 2014 | 14,993 individuals | A4i |
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri | CR | winter | 2015 | present | A1 |
Sarus Crane Grus antigone | VU | non-breeding | 2015 | present | A1 |
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus | VU | non-breeding | 2015 | unknown | A1 |
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga | VU | winter | 2015 | present | A1 |
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus | EN | non-breeding | 2015 | present | A1 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | non-breeding | 2011-2014 | 26,800-34,356 individuals | A4iii |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2016).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Loktak Lake | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 26,600 | protected area contains site | 20,000 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Loktak Lake. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/loktak-lake-iba-india on 29/11/2023.