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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	resident	2004	present	A1
Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus	CR	resident	1999	30 males	A1
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	winter	2000	common	A4ii
White-browed Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchus	VU	resident	2004	present	A1

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) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Grassland		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Velavadar (Blackbuck)	National Park	3,408	protected area overlaps with site	3,408

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Velavadar National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2022.