Sulukol Lake (Kazakhstan) IBA | Details

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Sulukol Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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

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	good	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%)	good

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

Habitats

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

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 25/12/2024.