Sulukol Lake (Kazakhstan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sulukol Lake

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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	passage	2004	41 individuals	A1
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	2004	78 individuals	A1
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	2004	40,000 individuals	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2004	24,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage	2004	360 individuals	A1, A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2004	75,200 individuals	A4iii

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 (2012) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2012	favourable	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Standing brackish & salt water, Water-fringe vegetation	70
Grassland	Steppes & dry calcareous	30
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	minor (<10)
Shrubland	Scrub	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	50
rangeland/pastureland	25
hunting	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sulukol Lake (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sulukol-lake-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.