Data Zone
Country/territory: Turkmenistan
IBA criteria met: A1 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 157,613 hectares (1,576.13 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2007 | not assessed | low | not assessed |
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Site description (2007 baseline)
The IBA covers a 150 km section of the southwest scarp of the Ustyurt plateau, from Garabogazgol Bay and 50 km to the southeast along a low ridge known as "Ersary-baba mountain".
Key biodiversity
The avifauna of the IBA includes 200 species. Rare migrants listed in the Red Data Book of Turkmenistan (1999) are: Aquila chrysaetos, Falco cherrug, Bubo bubo, Haliaeetus leucoryphus, Circaetus gallicus and Buteo buteo.
Criterion А1 applies for: Aquila heliaca, Falco naumanni,Circus macrourus and Falco cherrug.
Non-bird biodiversity: Mammals - more than 40 species, half from which are rodents (20 species), the others are predators (8), chiropterans (5), insectivores (4), ungulates (2). Reptile are represented by 30 species. Flora: more 370 species of higher plants have been recorded. The vegetation in the depressions is represented by halophytes and salsolas. Fixed sand support a few species of Calligonum and the rare Salsola richteri and Xaloxylon sp.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ersarybaba - Akkyr (Turkmenistan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ersarybaba--akkyr-iba-turkmenistan on 22/12/2024.