Caspian Sea shore between Volga and Ural River Deltas (Kazakhstan)

Caspian Sea shore between Volga and Ural River Deltas

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2013 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
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	non-breeding	2010	min 48 individuals	A1
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus	LC	non-breeding	2010	min 370 individuals	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	non-breeding	2010	min 490 individuals	A1
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	non-breeding	2010	min 3,000 individuals	A4i
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus	LC	non-breeding	2010	min 1,850 individuals	A4i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	non-breeding	2010	min 210 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2013. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	very unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable
Desert	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near 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)	Rivers & streams, Temporary water bodies, Water-fringe vegetation, Standing brackish & salt water	80
Grassland	Dry grassland on sandy soils, Humid, Steppes & dry calcareous	12
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - sandy	8

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	15
energy production and mining	15
water management	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Caspian Sea shore between Volga and Ural River Deltas (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/caspian-sea-shore-between-volga-and-ural-river-deltas-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.