Flamingo City (India) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Flamingo City

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	2004	present	A1
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	winter	2004	present	A1
Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis	EN	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	2004	70,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Kachchh Desert	Sanctuary	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		-
Forest		-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
military	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flamingo City (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flamingo-city-iba-india on 23/11/2024.