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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	NT	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	2004	present	A4i
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	breeding	2004	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Har Us Nuur	National Conservation Parks	97
1999	Har Us Nuur National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	98

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khar Lake (Mongolia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/khar-lake-iba-mongolia on 22/11/2024.