Bolshoy Kak Lake (Kazakhstan) IBA | Details

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Bolshoy Kak Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage (2007)	20–1,200 birds	A4i
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage (2007)	1,540–5,020 birds	A1, A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (2007)	1,880–5,660 birds	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (2007)	2,500–9,000 birds	A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage (2007)	15–37 birds	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage (2007)	225–890 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (2007)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii

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	good	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	900 / 900 (birds)	100	good
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	2,100 / 2,100 (birds)	100	good
Garganey Spatula querquedula	1,000 / 500 (birds)	100	good
Gadwall Mareca strepera	6,000 / 6,000 (birds)	100	good
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	700 / 700 (birds)	100	good
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	12,000 / 160 (birds)	100	good
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	7,000 / 7,000 (birds)	100	good
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	29,700 / 28,000 (birds)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

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

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 23/12/2024.