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The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	non-breeding	2004	present	A4i
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	resident	2004	present	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2004	present	A4i
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
White-browed Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchus	VU	resident	2004	present	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1980	Runn of Kutch	Wildlife Sanctuary	100
2002	Runn of Kutch	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary (Pakistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rann-of-kutch-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-pakistan on 22/11/2024.