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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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	passage	2005	6 individuals	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	2004-2005	2-60 individuals	A1
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	passage	2004-2005	200-700 individuals	A4i
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei	LC	breeding	2004-2005	13-15 breeding pairs	A3
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2004-2005	10-30 breeding pairs	A1
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	resident	2004-2005	12 breeding pairs	A3
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	resident	2004-2005	1-2 breeding pairs	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	2004-2005	20-30 breeding pairs	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	2004-2005	30-40 breeding pairs	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	2004-2005	10-20 breeding pairs	A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana	LC	breeding	2004-2005	10-15 breeding pairs	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding	2004-2005	10-15 breeding pairs	A3

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 (2006) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Amu-Darya	State Nature Reserve	65

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		82
Forest		11
Wetlands (inland)		6
Artificial/Terrestrial		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	66
agriculture	34

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nargyz (Turkmenistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nargyz-iba-turkmenistan on 23/11/2024.