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The site was identified as important in 2012 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
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus	LC	resident	2009	present	A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	-	2009	present	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2009	present	A1
Mongolian Ground-jay Podoces hendersoni	LC	resident	2009	present	A3
Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri	LC	-	2009	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Desert	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	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
Some of site covered (10-49%)	Unknown	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1996	Gobiin baga /A/, /B/	Strictly Protected Areas	10

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Galba Gobi (Mongolia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/galba-gobi-iba-mongolia on 23/11/2024.