Sources of the Bolshaya Karaganka and Syntasty rivers (Russia (Central Asian)) IBA | Details

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Sources of the Bolshaya Karaganka and Syntasty rivers

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding (2006–2007)	200–400 pairs	A1, A3
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding (2002)	present	A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (2006–2007)	11–15 pairs	A1, A3
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding (2002–2007)	100 pairs	A1, A3
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage (2002)	150 birds	A1
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage (2006–2007)	1,000 birds	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	moderate	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (>90%)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate
Grassland	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good
Artificial/Terrestrial	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (<4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1920	Ilmensky/Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)/Ilmensky (osnovnaya territoriya)	Zapovednik (Ia)	2
1920	Ilmensky/Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)/Ilmensky (osnovnaya territoriya)	Zapovednik (Ia)	2
1991	Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)	Zapovednik (Ia)	2

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	60
Artificial/Terrestrial	30
Forest	15
Wetlands (inland)	4
Shrubland	3

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
forestry	15
other	10
urban/industrial/transport	3
tourism/recreation	2
nature conservation and research	2
military	minor (<10)
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sources of the Bolshaya Karaganka and Syntasty rivers (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sources-of-the-bolshaya-karaganka-and-syntasty-rivers-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 25/12/2024.