Koymat - Begarslan (Turkmenistan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Koymat - Begarslan

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
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	2006-2007	26 individuals	A1
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	2006-2007	2 individuals	A3
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida	LC	breeding	2006-2007	2 individuals	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	breeding	2006-2007	20 individuals	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding	2006-2007	40 individuals	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	passage	2006-2007	1 individuals	A3

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	high	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	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
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
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	50
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - salty, Desert & semi-desert - stony	30
Grassland	Dry grassland on sandy soils	10
Shrubland	Low bushes	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	50
unknown	40
rangeland/pastureland	10

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