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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
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni	VU	winter	2004	present	A1
Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis	EN	passage	2004	present	A1
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
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	passage	2004	present	A1
Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre	VU	resident	2004	present	A1
Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus	LC	resident	2004	present	A2

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
-	Indus Waterfowl Refuge	Wildlife Sanctuary	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Thorn forest (tropical)	-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Artificial wetlands	-

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 Waterfowl Refuge (Pakistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/indus-waterfowl-refuge-iba-pakistan on 22/11/2024.