BirdLife Data Zone

AZ036

Red Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	1998-2004	20-775 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1996-2004	100-7,700 individuals	B1i

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2005).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2013	very unfavourable	very high	negligible
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)		450	175	-	moderate (70-90%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	2004

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water	-
Desert	Semidesert	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Red Lake. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/red-lake-iba-azerbaijan on 01/10/2023.