Talimardzhan Reservoir (Uzbekistan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Talimardzhan Reservoir This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2019 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
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	passage	2015-2019	1,310-4,685 individuals	A1, A4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2016-2018	29,203-70,662 individuals	B3b

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2019) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2019. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	favourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	4,000	4,685	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay	50
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban & industrial areas	44
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water	6

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
fisheries/aquaculture	5
water management	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Talimardzhan Reservoir (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/talimardzhan-reservoir-iba-uzbekistan on 24/11/2024.