Northern part of the Assake-Audan depression (Uzbekistan) IBA | Details

UZ004

Northern part of the Assake-Audan depression

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus	LC	breeding (2007)	10–15 birds	A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding (2007)	2–4 birds	A3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding (2007)	2–4 birds	A1
Turkestan Ground-jay Podoces panderi	LC	breeding (1937–2007)	3–6 birds	A3
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	LC	breeding (2007)	2–4 birds	A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana	LC	breeding (2007)	20–40 birds	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	breeding (2007)	10–50 birds	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding (2007)	15–30 birds	A3

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 (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	low	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
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	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
Desert	85	Desert & semi-desert - clay; Desert & semi-desert - salty
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	10	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	5	Low bushes

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
energy production and mining	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern part of the Assake-Audan depression (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-part-of-the-assake-audan-depression-iba-uzbekistan on 23/12/2024.