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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
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus	LC	non-breeding (2004)	present	A4i
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter (2004)	present	A1
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	non-breeding (2004)	present	A4i
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	winter (2004)	present	A4i
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	resident (2004)	present	A1
Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1
Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2004)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1972	Taunsa Barrage	Wildlife Sanctuary (IV)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	-	Artificial wetlands

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary (Pakistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taunsa-barrage-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-pakistan on 23/12/2024.