Data Zone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus | VU | passage | 2002 | 50-249 individuals | A1, A4i |
| Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca | NT | passage | 2002 | unknown | A1 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | passage | 2002 | 20,000 individuals | A4iii |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2011 | favourable | not assessed | negligible |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| yes | population | poor | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' populations) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Reference | Actual | Units | % remaining | Result |
| Common Quail Coturnix coturnix | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Gadwall Mareca strepera | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Anas crecca | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Rock Dove Columba livia | 1 | 3 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis | 2 | 2 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Mew Gull Larus canus | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | 6 | 17 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Milvus migrans | 1 | 2 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo | 2 | 5 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus | 4 | 16 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus | 3 | 23 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Eurasian Magpie Pica pica | 3 | 7 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula | 7 | 22 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Rook Corvus frugilegus | 16 | 30 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera | 2 | 2 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris | 1 | 1 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected areas | Management plan | Other action | Result |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | negligible |
| Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
|---|---|---|
| Wetlands (inland) | Temporary water bodies, Standing brackish & salt water, Water-fringe vegetation | 95 |
| Shrubland | Low bushes | 5 |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| agriculture | - |
| fisheries/aquaculture | - |
| hunting | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tassuat Lake (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tassuat-lake-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.