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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1996	min 500 individuals	B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1996	min 50 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1996	10,000-11,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1996	10,000-11,000 breeding pairs	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	NAT AZ015	Game Reserve	-
1964	Gil Island State Nature Sanctuary	State Nature Sanctuary	50

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	1996

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Glynanyi island (and Alat bay) (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/glynanyi-island-(and-alat-bay)-iba-azerbaijan on 23/11/2024.