Current view: Text account
Site description (1994 baseline):
Site location and context
Cheghakhor (Chogakhor) Marsh lies in the upper drainage of the Karun river on a broad grassy plain at c.2,100 m in the central Zagros Mountains, c.95 km west of Shahreza. It is a permanent freshwater marsh which floods in winter and spring, but by late summer much of it is dry and the remainder is almost entirely overgrown with emergent vegetation. The vegetation is
Phragmites and
Typha beds surrounded by sedge. Large portions of the adjacent grassy plains are cultivated with wheat. Land ownership is public.
See box for key species. An important wintering area for
Casmerodius albus,
Anas platyrhynchos (up to 6,700) and
Aythya nyroca.
Marmaronetta angustirostris has been recorded recently.
Non-bird biodiversity: None known to BirdLife International.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
There is no information on threats. The site has been proposed for Protected Area status, and has been recommended for designation as a Ramsar Site.
Data-sheet compiled by Dr D. A. Scott, reviewed by Dept of Environment.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cheghakor marsh (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cheghakor-marsh-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/12/2024.
