Red Lake (Azerbaijan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Red Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	1998-2004	20-775 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1996-2004	100-7,700 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

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 unfavourable	very high	negligible
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 unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

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

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 click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water	90
Desert	Semidesert	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.