MN020
Oigon Lake


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC breeding (2009) present A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea LC breeding (2009) present A4i
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus LC breeding (2009) present A4i
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug EN breeding (2009) present A1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oigon Lake (Mongolia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oigon-lake-iba-mongolia on 23/12/2024.