Data Zone
The site was identified as important 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 List1 | Season | Year(s) | Size | IBA criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus | LC | breeding | 2006 | 5-10 breeding pairs | A3 |
| Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo | LC | breeding | 2006 | 5 breeding pairs | A3 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax | NT | breeding | 2006 | 5 breeding pairs | A3 |
| Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus | LC | breeding | 2006 | < 50 individuals | A3 |
| Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni | NT | breeding | 2006 | 100 breeding pairs | A1, A3 |
| Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | EN | breeding | 2006 | 5-7 breeding pairs | A3 |
| Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus | NT | breeding | 2006 | 2-3 breeding pairs | A3 |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 2006 | 10 breeding pairs | A1 |
| Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis | LC | breeding | 2006 | 500 individuals | A3 |
| Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps | LC | breeding | 2006 | 40-50 breeding pairs | A3 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.
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 | unfavourable | 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%) | unfavourable |
| Wetlands (inland) | good (> 90%) | moderate (70-90%) | near favourable |
| Shrubland | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
| Desert | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Biological resource use | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
| Agricultural expansion and intensification | happening now | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
| Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected areas | Management plan | Other action | Result |
| Not assessed | Not assessed | Not assessed | not assessed |
| Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
|---|---|---|
| Desert | Desert & semi-desert - clay | 85 |
| Shrubland | Scrub | 10 |
| Wetlands (inland) | Rivers & streams | 5 |
| Artificial/Terrestrial | Other urban & industrial areas | minor (<10) |
| 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 23/11/2024.