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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	passage	2006	213 individuals	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	2006	1,500 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2006	15,000-100,000 individuals	A4iii

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	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - motivation unknown/unrecorded	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Pollution	garbage & solid waste	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Grassland	Steppes & dry calcareous	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish & salt water	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)	Water-fringe vegetation	0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Cygnus cygnus	Whooper Swan	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Tadorna ferruginea	Ruddy Shelduck	80	80	individuals	100	favourable
Aythya fuligula	Tufted Duck	720	200	individuals	28	very unfavourable
Mareca strepera	Gadwall	1	10	individuals	100	favourable
Podiceps cristatus	Great Crested Grebe	20	1	individuals	5	very unfavourable
Fulica atra	Common Coot	8200	4	individuals	1	very unfavourable
Vanellus vanellus	Northern Lapwing	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Larus ridibundus	Black-headed Gull	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Larus canus	Mew Gull	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Circus aeruginosus	Western Marsh-harrier	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Circus macrourus	Pallid Harrier	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Alauda arvensis	Eurasian Skylark	1	20	individuals	100	favourable
Anthus campestris	Tawny Pipit	2	2	individuals	100	favourable
Motacilla flava	Western Yellow Wagtail	5	5	individuals	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Steppes & dry calcareous	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish & salt water, Water-fringe vegetation	-

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

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Mixed state and private (farmers own a minor part).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Saumalkol Lake. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.