Manych salt lakes (Russia (European)) IBA | Details

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Manych salt lakes

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding (2004–2007)	150–800 birds	A4i, B1i
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	passage (2006)	100–500 birds	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	good	not assessed	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	50	Standing brackish and salt water
Desert	45	Semidesert
Other	4
Shrubland	1

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	50
not utilised	49
urban/industrial/transport	1

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Manych salt lakes (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/manych-salt-lakes-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.