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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	passage	1998	2,000 individuals	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1998	50-70 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1998	200-250 breeding pairs	B1i
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1998	35-50 breeding pairs	B1i, B2

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 (2006) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	2,000	500	individuals	25	very unfavourable
Himantopus himantopus	200	30	breeding pairs	15	very unfavourable
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	50	20	breeding pairs	40	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Standing freshwater	80
Desert	Semidesert	10
Artificial/Terrestrial		5
Grassland		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
fisheries/aquaculture	50

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Temirgoiskiye lakes (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/temirgoiskiye-lakes-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.