Aksuat Lake (Kazakhstan) IBA | Details

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Aksuat Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage (2005)	570–2,650 birds	A4i
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage (2005)	425–1,020 birds	A1, A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (2005)	2,590–15,400 birds	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (2005)	1,880–25,200 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (2005)	20,000–100,000 birds	A4iii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	very poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	13 / 13 (birds)	100	good
Greylag Goose Anser anser	80 / 15,400 (birds)	1	very poor
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	5 / 5 (birds)	100	good
Gadwall Mareca strepera	300 / 300 (birds)	100	good
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	200 / 200 (birds)	100	good
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	591 / 80,800 (birds)	1	very poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	65	Standing fresh water
Grassland	25	Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe; Steppes & dry calcareous
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Highly improved reseeded grasslands; Ruderal land

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	70
rangeland/pastureland	20
tourism/recreation	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aksuat Lake (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aksuat-lake-iba-kazakhstan on 23/12/2024.