Bolshoy Kak Lake (Kazakhstan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Bolshoy Kak 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	2007	20-1,200 individuals	A4i
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	2007	1,540-5,020 individuals	A1, A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	2007	1,880-5,660 individuals	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2007	2,500-9,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2007	15-37 individuals	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2007	225-890 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2007	20,000-49,999 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	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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	900	900	individuals	100	favourable
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	2,100	2,100	individuals	100	favourable
Garganey Spatula querquedula	500	1,000	individuals	100	favourable
Gadwall Mareca strepera	6,000	6,000	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	700	700	individuals	100	favourable
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	160	12,000	individuals	100	favourable
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	7,000	7,000	individuals	100	favourable
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	28,000	29,700	individuals	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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish & salt water	80
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	15
Grassland	Steppes & dry calcareous	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	15
rangeland/pastureland	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bolshoy Kak Lake (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bolshoy-kak-lake-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.