Data Zone
Country/territory: Kazakhstan
IBA Criteria met: A1, A3 (2007)
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Area: 241,925 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2017 | low | favourable | negligible |
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Site description
The site comprises a hilly area elongated in a north-south direction, with separate low mountains with rocky summits. The surrounding landscape to the north is dry steppe (Festuca-Stipa and bush steppe), to the south grass-wormwood semi-desert. Along the river valleys there are some stands of isolated birch-aspen woodland with an admixture of bird cherry and ledge rocks.
Key biodiversity
122 bird species were registered during a short-term survey in the 2003 breeding season (Kovshar, Davygora, 2004).
Non-bird biodiversity: Nothing of note.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mugodzhary. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2020.
