Aksuat Lake (Kazakhstan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Aksuat Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	2005	570-2,650 individuals	A4i
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	2005	425-1,020 individuals	A1, A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	2005	2,590-15,400 individuals	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2005	1,880-25,200 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2005	20,000-100,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

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 unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water	65
Grassland	Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Steppes & dry calcareous	25
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved reseeded grasslands, Ruderal land	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.