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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus	LC	breeding	2004	50-150 breeding pairs	A3
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	2004	300-10,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	passage	2004	200-1,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa	LC	passage	2004	20-100 individuals	A1
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	breeding	2004	500-1,500 breeding pairs	A4i
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	passage	2004	100-500 individuals	A4i
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	breeding	2004	1,000-3,000 breeding pairs	A4i
Charadrius mongolus	NR	breeding	2004	50-100 breeding pairs	A3
Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis	NT	resident	2004	1-3 breeding pairs	A3
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2004	1-2 breeding pairs	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	passage	2004	2-4 individuals	A1
Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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	Unknown	Unknown	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Chatyrkul	Wildlife Refuge	100
2005	Chatyr Kul	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	89

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish & salt water, Fens, transition mires & springs, Raised bogs, Rivers & streams, Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	10
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Chatyr-Kul (Kyrgyzstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-chatyr-kul-iba-kyrgyzstan on 22/11/2024.