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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter (2004)	present	A1
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	non-breeding (2004)	present	A4i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	resident (2004)	present	A4i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter (2004)	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter (2004)	present	A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	resident (2004)	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2004)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1972	Drigh Lake	Wildlife Sanctuary (IV)	90

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	-
Wetlands (inland)	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Drigh Wildlife Sanctuary (Pakistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/drigh-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-pakistan on 23/12/2024.