Koymat - Begarslan (Turkmenistan) IBA | Details

Koymat - Begarslan

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident (2006–2007)	26 birds	A1
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident (2006–2007)	2 birds	A3
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida	LC	breeding (2006–2007)	2 birds	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	breeding (2006–2007)	20 birds	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding (2006–2007)	40 birds	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	passage (2006–2007)	1 birds	A3

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	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	50	Inland cliffs
Desert	30	Desert & semi-desert - clay; Desert & semi-desert - salty; Desert & semi-desert - stony
Grassland	10	Dry grassland on sandy soils
Shrubland	10	Low bushes

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 23/12/2024.