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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	2004	present	A1
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	2004	present	A1
Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2004	present	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Little Pratincole Glareola lactea	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis	EN	passage	2004	present	A1
River Tern Sterna aurantia	VU	resident	2004	present	A4i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	resident	2004	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Indus River#1	Game Reserve	35
2001	Indus Dolphin Reserve	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Indus Dolphin Reserve and Kandhkot wetlands (Pakistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/indus-dolphin-reserve-and-kandhkot-wetlands-iba-pakistan on 23/11/2024.