Khijadiya Lake and Bird Sanctuary (India)

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Khijadiya Lake and Bird Sanctuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri	CR	winter	2004	present	A1
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	resident	2004	present	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	2004	present	A1
Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis	EN	non-breeding	2004	present	A1, A4i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	winter	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.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2012	favourable	low	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1981	Khijadia	Sanctuary	37

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Khijadiya Lake and Bird Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/khijadiya-lake-and-bird-sanctuary-iba-india on 22/11/2024.