Ayrakly – Garadzhaovlak (Turkmenistan)

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Ayrakly – Garadzhaovlak

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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	2007	2 individuals	A1
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	2007	9,080 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2007	min 20,000 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 (2018) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2018	favourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	2	2	individuals	100	favourable
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	100	100	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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)		75
Desert		25

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	35
not utilised	35
unknown	30

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ayrakly – Garadzhaovlak (Turkmenistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ayrakly-–-garadzhaovlak-iba-turkmenistan on 23/11/2024.