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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2007	1 breeding pairs	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	2007	20-50 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding	2007	1-10 breeding pairs	A1
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis	EN	breeding	2007	15 individuals	A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2007	20-30 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	breeding	2007	30-60 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2007	40-80 breeding pairs	A1
White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera	LC	breeding	2007	10 breeding pairs	A3

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
Biological resource use	gathering terrestrial plants - unintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Desert		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Water-fringe vegetation	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lower reaches of the Sarysu River. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.