Red Lake (Azerbaijan) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Red Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter (1998–2004)	20–775 birds	A1, A4i, B1i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter (1996–2004)	100–7,700 birds	B1i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	very poor	very high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	-	moderate (70–90%)	very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	2004

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	90	Standing brackish and salt water
Desert	10	Semidesert

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	70
hunting	60
tourism/recreation	40
urban/industrial/transport	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Red Lake (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/red-lake-iba-azerbaijan on 27/12/2024.