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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	1988-1991	240 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	breeding	1990	4,000 individuals	B2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	1996	900 individuals	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	1988-1991	50 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1988-1991	1,000 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996	150,000-200,000 individuals	A4iii
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1996	20,000-35,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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%)	favourable

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 area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant 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	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	high

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1961	Bandovan State Nature Sanctuary	State Nature Sanctuary	8
1969	Shirvan State Nature Reserve	State Nature Reserve	10
2003	Shirvan National Park	National Park	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 click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	40
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.