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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	passage	2006	33 individuals	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	2006	1,800 individuals	A4i

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 (2017) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	64	120	males	100	favourable
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	5	7	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	5	7	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	40	45	males	100	favourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	1	15	individuals	100	favourable
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	1	15	individuals	100	favourable
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	1	15	individuals	100	favourable
Sanderling Calidris alba	1	15	individuals	100	favourable
Dunlin Calidris alpina	1	15	individuals	100	favourable
Little Stint Calidris minuta	1	15	individuals	100	favourable
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	1	15	individuals	100	favourable
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis	1	15	individuals	100	favourable
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	3	3	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	8	8	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis	6	7	individuals	100	favourable
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	1	30	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	10	12	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Merlin Falco columbarius	1	7	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	1	10	breeding pairs	100	favourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Shrubland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Forest	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	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation	80
Grassland	Humid, Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Steppes & dry calcareous	20
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous, Mixed, Native coniferous	minor (<10)
Shrubland	Low bushes	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	15
agriculture	minor (<10)

Mixed - partly state, partly private (farmers).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shcherbakty Lakes (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shcherbakty-lakes-iba-kazakhstan on 22/11/2024.