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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter (1988–1991)	240 birds	A1, A4i, B1i
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	breeding (1990)	4,000 birds	B2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter (1996)	900 birds	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter (1988–1991)	50 birds	A1, A4i, B1i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter (1988–1991)	1,000 birds	A1, A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1996)	150,000–200,000 birds	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1996)	20,000–35,000 birds	A4iii

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	-	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1961	Bandovan State Nature Sanctuary	State Nature Sanctuary (IV)	8
1969	Shirvan State Nature Reserve	State Nature Reserve (Ia)	10
2003	Shirvan National Park	National Park (II)	74

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 visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	40	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing brackish and salt water; Water fringe vegetation

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shorgel lakes/Shirvan reserve (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shorgel-lakes-shirvan-reserve-iba-azerbaijan on 23/12/2024.