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The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	A3
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2005	50-249 individuals	A3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding	2006	70 individuals	A3
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	breeding	2006	609 individuals	A4i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	breeding	2006	5 individuals	A3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding	2006	2 individuals	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2005	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Goosander Mergus merganser	609	10	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	12	6	individuals	50	unfavourable
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	12	6	individuals	50	unfavourable
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	45	150	individuals	100	favourable
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Milvus migrans	1	300	individuals	100	favourable

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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1976	Markakol'skiy	State Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires & springs, Rivers & streams, Standing fresh water	55
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine & boreal, Humid, Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Tundra	20
Forest	Flood-plain, Mixed, Native coniferous, Treeline ecotone	15
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs, Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas	5
Shrubland	Low bushes, Scrub	5
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban & industrial areas, Ruderal land	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	95
fisheries/aquaculture	30
rangeland/pastureland	10
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Markakol State Nature Reserve (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/markakol-state-nature-reserve-iba-kazakhstan on 22/11/2024.