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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
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	1998	300-500 individuals	B1i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	1998	26 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	passage	1998	40-100 individuals	A1
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1998	1,500-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding	1998	1,000-1,500 breeding pairs	B1i
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1998	20-40 breeding pairs	B2

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Mud flats and sand flats, Standing brackish and salt water	82
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	8

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	40
rangeland/pastureland	40
fisheries/aquaculture	10
hunting	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Ayke (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-ayke-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.