Gorelde (Turkmenistan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Gorelde

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	passage	2004-2007	28-549 individuals	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	2004-2007	1-220 individuals	A1, A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1998-2007	40-1,600 individuals	A4i
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	resident	1998-2007	8-12 breeding pairs	A3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2004-2007	1 individuals	A1
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	1998-2007	200-300 individuals	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Amu-Darya	State Nature Reserve	9

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Flood-plain	55
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams	24
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	20
Desert		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	45
rangeland/pastureland	26
agriculture	20
nature conservation and research	9

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gorelde (Turkmenistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gorelde-iba-turkmenistan on 23/11/2024.