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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2016 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-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera	LC	winter (2016)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4ii

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2016) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high
Energy production and mining	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Complex landscape zakaznik "Saygachiy"	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve (IV)	75
1991	Saigak	Wildlife Refuge (IV)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	80
Shrubland	20

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100
hunting	40

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saiga Nature Sanctuary (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saiga-nature-sanctuary-iba-uzbekistan on 23/12/2024.