Gogabil Pakshi Vihar, Baghar Beel and Baldia Chaur (India) IBA | Details

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Gogabil Pakshi Vihar, Baghar Beel and Baldia Chaur

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident (2004)	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2004)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

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 (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	moderate	very high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	moderate (70–90%)	good (>90%)	moderate

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1900	Gogabil Community Reserve	Other (-)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gogabil Pakshi Vihar, Baghar Beel and Baldia Chaur (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gogabil-pakshi-vihar-baghar-beel-and-baldia-chaur-iba-india on 22/12/2024.