Mirzaaral Tugay (Uzbekistan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Mirzaaral Tugay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2006-2007	30-70 individuals	A4i
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2007	300-1,200 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

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	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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Flood-plain	75
Shrubland	Juniper scrub, Scrub	20
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Water-fringe vegetation	5
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.