Data Zone
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus | LC | breeding (2006) | 5–10 pairs | A3 |
| Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo | LC | breeding (2006) | 5 pairs | A3 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax | NT | breeding (2006) | 5 pairs | A3 |
| Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus | LC | breeding (2006) | < 50 birds | A3 |
| Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni | NT | breeding (2006) | 100 pairs | A1, A3 |
| Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | EN | breeding (2006) | 5–7 pairs | A3 |
| Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus | NT | breeding (2006) | 2–3 pairs | A3 |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding (2006) | 10 pairs | A1 |
| Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis | LC | breeding (2006) | 500 birds | A3 |
| Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps | LC | breeding (2006) | 40–50 pairs | A3 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2006 | poor | medium | not assessed |
| 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 |
| Artificial/Terrestrial | good (>90%) | poor (40–69%) | poor |
| Wetlands (inland) | good (>90%) | moderate (70–90%) | moderate |
| Shrubland | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Desert | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | good |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Biological resource use | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | medium |
| Agricultural expansion and intensification | happening now | most of population/area (50–90%) | no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations) | low |
| Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Designation | Planning | Action | Result |
| Not assessed | Not assessed | Not assessed | not assessed |
| Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Desert | 85 | Desert & semi-desert - clay |
| Shrubland | 10 | Scrub |
| Wetlands (inland) | 5 | Rivers & streams |
| Artificial/Terrestrial | minor (<10) | Other urban & industrial areas |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| rangeland/pastureland | 50 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sagyz (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sagyz-iba-kazakhstan on 23/12/2024.