MN029
Taatsiin Tsagaan Lake


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna LC breeding (2009) present A4i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea LC breeding (2009) present A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus NT breeding (2004) present A1, A4i
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus EN breeding (2004) present A1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Desert -
Wetlands (inland) -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taatsiin Tsagaan Lake (Mongolia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taatsiin-tsagaan-lake-iba-mongolia on 23/12/2024.