Data Zone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding (2007) | 20–30 pairs | A1 |
| Saker Falcon Falco cherrug | EN | breeding (1991–2006) | 2–15 pairs | A1 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2017 | good | very high | very low |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| no | habitat | good | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' populations) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Actual vs Reference (units) | % remaining | Result | ||
| Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix | 12 / 50 (birds) | 24 | very poor | ||
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | 10 / 20 (birds) | 50 | poor | ||
| Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis | 25 / 1 (birds) | 100 | good | ||
| Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo | 8 / 8 (pairs) | 100 | good | ||
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax | 8 / 1 (birds) | 100 | good | ||
| Great Bustard Otis tarda | 4 / 10 (pairs) | 40 | poor | ||
| Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii | 2 / 2 (pairs) | 100 | good | ||
| Black Stork Ciconia nigra | 2 / 2 (pairs) | 100 | good | ||
| Little Owl Athene noctua | 10 / 15 (pairs) | 67 | poor | ||
| Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo | 3 / 15 (pairs) | 20 | very poor | ||
| Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | 6 / 5 (pairs) | 100 | good | ||
| Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca | 1 / 4 (pairs) | 25 | very poor | ||
| Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos | 2 / 1 (pairs) | 100 | good | ||
| Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus | 18 / 20 (birds) | 90 | moderate | ||
| Milvus migrans | 6 / 10 (pairs) | 60 | poor | ||
| Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus | 20 / 7 (pairs) | 100 | good | ||
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | 30 / 30 (pairs) | 100 | good | ||
| Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus | 30 / 15 (pairs) | 100 | good | ||
| Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo | 4 / 6 (pairs) | 67 | poor | ||
| Saker Falcon Falco cherrug | 5 / 6 (pairs) | 84 | moderate | ||
| State (condition of the trigger species' habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat | Quantity (% remaining) | Quality (% carrying capacity) | Result |
| Forest | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Shrubland | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Grassland | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Wetlands (inland) | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Artificial/Terrestrial | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Biological resource use | happening now | most of population/area (50–90%) | rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations) | very high |
| 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 |
| Unknown | No management planning has taken place | Unknown | very low |
| Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Grassland | 75 | Steppes & dry calcareous |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | 10 | Inland cliffs; Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas |
| Forest | 5 | Flood-plain |
| Shrubland | 5 | Low bushes; Juniper scrub |
| Wetlands (inland) | 5 | Fens, transition mires & springs; Rivers & streams; Temporary water bodies; Water-fringe vegetation |
| Artificial/Terrestrial | - | Arable land; Highly improved reseeded grasslands |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| rangeland/pastureland | 50 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karabas Mountains (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karabas-mountains-iba-kazakhstan on 04/12/2024.