South-west Gizzar Foothills (Uzbekistan)

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South-west Gizzar Foothills

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	passage	1997-2007	700-23,000 individuals	A4i
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter	1997-2007	20-100 individuals	A1, A4ii
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage	1997-2007	100-500 individuals	A1, A4ii
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage	1997-2007	250-1,000 individuals	A1, A4ii
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1997-2007	23,000 individuals	A4iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay	94
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	6

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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 23/11/2024.