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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
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni	VU	breeding	2001-2005	20-100 individuals	A1, A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding	2005-2006	500 individuals	A1, A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	passage	2001-2004	1,500-2,700 individuals	A1
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter	2001-2005	5-15 individuals	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2001-2005	5-10 individuals	A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A1
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	resident	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2001-2005	< 50 individuals	A1
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	2001-2005	< 50 individuals	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri	LC	resident	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding	2001-2005	unknown	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	100	150	individuals	100	favourable
Chlamydotis undulata	1,337	500	individuals	38	very unfavourable
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	10	10	breeding pairs	100	favourable

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Timurskiy	Zakaznik	-
2001	Arys-Karaktau	State Reservation	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy	80
Shrubland	Low bushes, Scrub	15
Forest	Flood-plain, Wooded desert & semi-desert	5
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Highly improved reseeded grasslands, Perennial crops, orchards & groves	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	50

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arys-Karaktau State Reserved Zone (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arys-karaktau-state-reserved-zone-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.