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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	2006	400 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	2006	3,500 individuals	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2006	3,000 individuals	B1i
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	non-breeding	2006	2,000 individuals	B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding	2006	4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	passage	2006	60 individuals	A1
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	passage	2006	2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	non-breeding	2006	50 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	passage	2005-2006	900 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	passage	2006	1,000 individuals	A1
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding	1995	20 breeding pairs	A1
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	non-breeding	2006	3,500 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

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) - agro-industry grazing, ranching or farmin	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Chograiskiy	Zakaznik	22,600	protected area overlaps with site	0
Chograiskiy	Zakaznik	5,763	protected area overlaps with site	5,763

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation, Salt marshes, Rivers and streams	-
Other		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
military	-
hunting	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern part of Chograiski reservoir. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/13021 on 10/06/2023.