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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1996-2004	45-103 individuals	B1i, B3
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	1996-2004	10-2,213 individuals	B1i
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	1996-2004	500-9,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1996-2004	2,000-5,600 individuals	B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	1996-2004	22 individuals	A1
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	passage	1996	min 10,000 individuals	B1i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1996-2004	8,645-15,043 individuals	B1i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	1996-2004	1,150-23,000 individuals	B1i
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	LC	passage	1996-2004	4,600-40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1996-2004	200-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	breeding	1996-2004	3,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1996-2004	6,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1996-2004	2,000 breeding pairs	B1i, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1996-2004	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	1996-2004	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996-2004	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2005	Absheron National Park	National Park	78

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation, Sand dunes and beaches	60
Desert	Semidesert	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
military	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shahdidi spit (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shahdidi-spit-iba-azerbaijan on 22/11/2024.