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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	non-breeding	1996	500 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	1996	500 individuals	B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	1996	200-300 individuals	A1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	winter	1996	500 individuals	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	2004	67 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	2004	4,000-5,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	2003	600 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding	2003	1,300 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus	LC	breeding	2004	5,000-6,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	2004	1,400 breeding pairs	B3
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1999	3,850-5,700 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1999	150-300 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	2004	1,100 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2003	4,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	2004	9,000-10,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2

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	marine and freshwater aquaculture - industrial aquaculture	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible 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%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	other ecosystem modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
unknown	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yeiski salt-lakes. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1575 on 10/06/2023.