Kopetdagkhovudan (Turkmenistan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Kopetdagkhovudan

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	passage	2006-2007	45 individuals	A1
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage	2006-2007	750 individuals	A4i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	2006-2007	1,100 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2006	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish & salt water, Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation	80
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - sandy	10
Shrubland	Low bushes	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	60
water management	20
rangeland/pastureland	10
unknown	10

Land ownership

State.

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