Lake El'ton (Russia (European)) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Lake El'ton

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 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 Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1997	15,000-20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	1996	30 breeding pairs	A1
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	passage	1997	300 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	favourable	high	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ozero El'ton	Zakaznik	2
-	Smorogdinskiy mineral'nyi istochnik	Nature Monument	-

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretakers of Ozero El'ton	2007
El'ton's school	2007

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Rivers and streams	99
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	62
other	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake El'ton (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-elton-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.