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

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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 important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	2006-2007	200-400 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	2002	present	A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2006-2007	11-15 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	2002-2007	100 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage	2002	150 individuals	A1
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage	2006-2007	1,000 individuals	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

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	near favourable	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%)	near favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Artificial/Terrestrial	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site 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	% overlap with IBA
1920	Ilmensky/Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)/Ilmensky (osnovnaya territoriya)	Zapovednik	2
1920	Ilmensky/Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)/Ilmensky (osnovnaya territoriya)	Zapovednik	2
1991	Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)	Zapovednik	2

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		60
Artificial/Terrestrial		30
Forest		15
Wetlands (inland)		4
Shrubland		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.