Outskirts of Arbali village (Russia (European))

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Outskirts of Arbali village

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	passage	2005-2006	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	non-breeding	2005-2006	150 individuals	A1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter	2005-2006	150-200 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

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 (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	favourable	medium	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Desert	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Biological resource use	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Semidesert	50
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	20
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas	10
Shrubland		10
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	85
rangeland/pastureland	10
energy production and mining	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Outskirts of Arbali village (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/outskirts-of-arbali-village-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.