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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2006

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	winter	1970-1978	15 individuals	A3
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei	LC	passage	1970-1978	2 individuals	A3
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	resident	1970-1978	15 individuals	A3
Turkestan Ground-jay Podoces panderi	LC	resident	1970-1978	153 individuals	A3
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	1970-1978	5 individuals	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	1970-1978	85 individuals	A3
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	passage	1970-1978	60 individuals	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	1970-1978	102 individuals	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	1970-1978	500 individuals	A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana	LC	passage	1970-1978	33 individuals	A3
Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri	LC	resident	1970-1978	180 individuals	A3
Zarudny's Sparrow Passer zarudnyi	LC	resident	1970-1978	87 individuals	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	breeding	1970-1978	20 individuals	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	passage	1970-1978	5 individuals	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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - nomadic grazing	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	utility & service lines	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Caprimulgus aegyptius	Egyptian Nightjar	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Chlamydotis macqueenii	Asian Houbara	15	15	individuals	100	favourable
Otus brucei	Pallid Scops-owl	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Neophron percnopterus	Egyptian Vulture	5	5	individuals	100	favourable
Aquila nipalensis	Steppe Eagle	10	10	individuals	100	favourable
Aquila heliaca	Eastern Imperial Eagle	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Dendrocopos leucopterus	White-winged Woodpecker	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Falco cherrug	Saker Falcon	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Podoces panderi	Turkestan Ground-jay	80	80	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Corvus ruficollis	Brown-necked Raven	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Ammomanes deserti	Desert Lark	30	30	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Iduna rama	Sykes's Warbler	60	60	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Scotocerca inquieta	Streaked Scrub-warbler	250	250	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Curruca nana	Asian Desert Warbler	30	30	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Passer ammodendri	Saxaul Sparrow	100	100	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Passer zarudnyi	Zarudny's Sparrow	15	15	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Rhodospiza obsoleta	Desert Finch	35	35	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Emberiza bruniceps	Red-headed Bunting	5	5	breeding pairs	100	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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Repetekskiy	State Nature Reserve	34,600	protected area contained by site	34,600
Repetek Zapovednik	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	34,600	protected area contained by site	34,600

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Desert		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Repetek. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/08/2022.