Data Zone
The site was identified as important in 2006 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus | EN | breeding | 2007 | 1 breeding pairs | A1 |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 2004 | 30 breeding pairs | A1 |
| Saker Falcon Falco cherrug | EN | breeding | 2004 | 20 breeding pairs | A1 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2014 | favourable | very high | low |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| no | habitat | good | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat | Quantity (% remaining) | Quality (% carrying capacity) | Result |
| Desert | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
| Shrubland | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Climate change and severe weather | happening now | whole area/population (>90%) | moderate to rapid deterioration | very high |
| Biological resource use | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
| Energy production and mining | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
| Agricultural expansion and intensification | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
| Human intrusions and disturbance | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
| Residential and commercial development | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
| Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected areas | Management plan | Other action | Result |
| Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species) | No management planning has taken place | Very little or no conservation action taking place | low |
| Year | Protected Area | Designation | % overlap with IBA |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Kenderli-Kajasanskaya | State Natural Protected Zone | 100 |
| Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
|---|---|---|
| Desert | Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - stony | 75 |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Inland cliffs | 25 |
| Shrubland | Low bushes | major (>10) |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| nature conservation and research | 100 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Basgurly-Zhazgurly Depression (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/basgurly-zhazgurly-depression-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.