Aktepe Reservoir and Three Lakes (Uzbekistan) IBA | Details

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Aktepe Reservoir and Three Lakes

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IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	winter (2003–2006)	20–357 adults	A4i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter (2003–2006)	167–751 adults	A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (2003–2006)	444–2,687 adults	A4i
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding (2006)	30 adults	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (2003–2004)	21,267–26,354 individuals	A4iii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2018) is shown below.

IBA conservation status
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2018	not assessed	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no deterioration (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2006	Natural park Aktepe	National Park (IV)	35

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	90
Forest	2
Shrubland	2
Desert	1

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	85
water management	80
nature conservation and research	75

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aktepe Reservoir and Three Lakes (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aktepe-reservoir-and-three-lakes-iba-uzbekistan on 23/01/2025.