MN043
Dashinchilen Bayan Lake


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) 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

Habitats

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


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 23/12/2024.