Manych salt lakes (Russia (European)) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Manych salt lakes

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding	2004-2007	150-800 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	passage	2006	100-500 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

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	favourable	not assessed	negligible
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%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water	50
Desert	Semidesert	45
Other		4
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.