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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	2007	33 individuals	A1
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	2007	4,008 individuals	A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	2007	1,700 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2007	min 20,000	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		95
Desert		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	70
water management	15
hunting	10
tourism/recreation	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khankhovuz (Turkmenistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/khankhovuz-iba-turkmenistan on 23/11/2024.