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The site was identified as important in 1994 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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	1977	28 individuals	A1
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1970-1977	5 individuals	B1i
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	winter	1977-1992	150-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	LC	resident	1977	20 breeding pairs	B1i
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1977	300 individuals	B1i
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1977	100-150 breeding pairs	B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1977-1992	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1994. The most recent assessment (1994) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Miankaleh Peninsula, Gorgan Bay and Lapoo-Zaghmarz Ab-bandan	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		100
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
hunting	major (>10)
water management	major (>10)
other	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lapoo - Zargmarz ab-bandans (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lapoo--zargmarz-ab-bandans-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.