MN046
Govi Gurvan Saikhan Mountain


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus LC - (2009) present A3
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC breeding (2009) present A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug EN breeding (2009) present A1
White-throated Bushchat Saxicola insignis VU - (2009) present A1, A3
Mongolian Accentor Prunella koslowi LC resident (2009) present A2, A3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1993 Gobi Gurvansaikhan range National Conservation Parks (II) 95


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Govi Gurvan Saikhan Mountain (Mongolia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/govi-gurvan-saikhan-mountain-iba-mongolia on 23/12/2024.