Saltpans of Bhavnagar (India) IBA | Details

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Saltpans of Bhavnagar

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter (2004)	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2004)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	whole of population/area (>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

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	major (>10)	Saltpans
Forest	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saltpans of Bhavnagar (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saltpans-of-bhavnagar-iba-india on 22/12/2024.