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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1996-2004	45-103 individuals	B1i, B3
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	1996-2004	10-2,213 individuals	B1i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	1996-2004	500-9,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1996-2004	2,000-5,600 individuals	B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	1996-2004	22 individuals	A1
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	passage	1996	min 10,000 individuals	B1i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1996-2004	8,645-15,043 individuals	B1i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	1996-2004	1,150-23,000 individuals	B1i
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	passage	1996-2004	4,600-40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1996-2004	200-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1996-2004	3,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1996-2004	6,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1996-2004	2,000 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1996-2004	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996-2004	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1996-2004	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Absheron National Park	National Park	784	protected area contained by site	783

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

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	2005

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

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation, Sand dunes and beaches	-
Desert	Semidesert	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
military	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shahdidi spit. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shahdidi-spit-iba-azerbaijan on 02/10/2023.