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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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	passage (1997–2007)	700–23,000 birds	A4i
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter (1997–2007)	20–100 birds	A1, A4ii
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage (1997–2007)	100–500 birds	A1, A4ii
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (1997–2007)	250–1,000 birds	A1, A4ii
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (1997–2007)	23,000 birds	A4iv

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Energy production and mining	likely in short term (<4 years)	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	94	Desert & semi-desert - clay
Artificial/Terrestrial	6	Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South-west Gizzar Foothills (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-west-gizzar-foothills-iba-uzbekistan on 25/12/2024.