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The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus	LC	breeding	1999	5-8 breeding pairs	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding	1995-1999	200-1,200 individuals	A4i
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding	1995-2001	100-600 breeding pairs	A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1995-2002	100-800 breeding pairs	A4i
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura	LC	breeding	2001	400-600 breeding pairs	A4i
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	1995-2001	1-5 breeding pairs	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	1999	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	breeding	1999	2-3 breeding pairs	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	breeding	1999	present	A3
Brandt's Mountain-finch Leucosticte brandti	LC	breeding	1999	5-10 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1932	Altaisky	Zapovednik	100
1998	Golden Mountains of Altai	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100
2009	Altaisky	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine & boreal, Tundra	70
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay	15
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water	15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dzhulukul' depression (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dzhulukul-depression-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/11/2024.