Gorelde (Turkmenistan) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Gorelde

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	passage (2004–2007)	28–549 birds	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage (2004–2007)	1–220 birds	A1, A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (1998–2007)	40–1,600 birds	A4i
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	resident (1998–2007)	8–12 pairs	A3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding (2004–2007)	1 birds	A1
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident (1998–2007)	200–300 birds	A3

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
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Amu-Darya	State Nature Reserve (Ia)	9

Habitats

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

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 23/12/2024.