Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) of estimate |
Population estimate |
IBA Criteria Triggered |
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus |
LC |
resident |
1977 |
common |
B2 |
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala |
EN |
winter |
1977 |
20-453 individuals |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
16 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis |
VU |
winter |
1975-1976 |
19 individuals |
A1, B2 |
Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
10,020 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus |
VU |
winter |
1970-1977 |
4,900 individuals |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
1,110 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
703 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna |
LC |
winter |
1977-1992 |
1,200-1,605 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris |
VU |
passage |
1977 |
29 individuals |
A1, B2 |
Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
winter |
1977-1992 |
2,680-22,500 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
winter |
1977-1992 |
7,750-8,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Garganey Spatula querquedula |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
3,640 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
18,200 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Gadwall Mareca strepera |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
20,300 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
61,100-61,600 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
LC |
winter |
1977-1992 |
9,800-56,600 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
winter |
1977-1992 |
3,400-30,400 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
57,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
3,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
2,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
winter |
1977-1992 |
4,250-25,080 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Common Coot Fulica atra |
LC |
winter |
1977-1992 |
19,100-50,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
winter |
1972 |
602 individuals |
A1, B2 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
breeding |
1973 |
4 breeding pairs |
B2 |
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata |
LC |
winter |
1977 |
2 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
423 individuals |
B1i |
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides |
LC |
breeding |
1977 |
200 breeding pairs |
B1i |
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
150 individuals |
B1i |
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
1,860 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
630 individuals |
B1i |
Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
2,685 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
breeding |
1977 |
100 breeding pairs |
B1i |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
450 individuals |
B1i |
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus |
NT |
winter |
1977-1992 |
350-690 individuals |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2 |
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
winter |
1977 |
28 individuals |
A1 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
15,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
816 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
938 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
140 individuals |
B1i |
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
500 individuals |
B1i |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
1,350 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus |
NT |
winter |
1970-1977 |
1,500 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
880 individuals |
B1i |
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris |
CR |
passage |
1963 |
1 individuals |
A1, A4i, B1i |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
passage |
1977 |
530 individuals |
B1i |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
passage |
1977 |
3,770 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
winter |
1970-1977 |
800 individuals |
B1i |
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
562 individuals |
B1i |
Sanderling Calidris alba |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
4,820 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Dunlin Calidris alpina |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
5,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
1,810 individuals |
B1i |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
650 individuals |
B1i |
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
563 individuals |
B1i |
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola |
LC |
breeding |
1977 |
500 breeding pairs |
A4i, B1i |
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
750 individuals |
B1i |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
2,950 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
5,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus |
LC |
winter |
1970-1977 |
2,250 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Mew Gull Larus canus |
LC |
winter |
1977 |
400 individuals |
B1i |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding |
1977 |
300-400 breeding pairs |
A4i, B1i |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
1,370 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
820 individuals |
B1i |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
1,450 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans |
LC |
passage |
1977 |
1,850 individuals |
B1i |
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca |
VU |
winter |
1977 |
6 individuals |
B2 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
winter |
1977 |
50-100 individuals |
A1, B2 |
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug |
EN |
winter |
1977 |
4 individuals |
B2 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter |
1977-1992 |
100,000-499,999 individuals |
A4iii |
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