Mirzaaral Tugay (Uzbekistan) IBA | Details

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Mirzaaral Tugay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding (2006–2007)	30–70 birds	A4i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (2007)	300–1,200 birds	A4i

IBA Conservation

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

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	75	Flood-plain
Shrubland	20	Juniper scrub; Scrub
Wetlands (inland)	5	Rivers & streams; Water-fringe vegetation
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mirzaaral Tugay (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mirzaaral-tugay-iba-uzbekistan on 25/12/2024.