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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	2009	present	A4i
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva	LC	-	2009	present	A4i
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	breeding	2009	present	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppe	-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dashinchilen Bayan Lake (Mongolia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dashinchilen-bayan-lake-iba-mongolia on 22/11/2024.