Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary (India) IBA | Details

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Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding (2004)	present	A1
Indian Vulture Gyps indicus	CR	non-breeding (2004)	present	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	winter (2004)	present	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	good	low	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1971	Tal Chhapar	Sanctuary (IV)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	-
Grassland	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tal-chhapar-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-india on 25/12/2024.