Terenkol Lake (Kazakhstan) IBA | Details

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Terenkol Lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage (2007)	1,000–4,000 birds	A4i
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage (2007)	2,000–5,000 birds	A1, A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (2007)	5,000–20,000 birds	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (2007)	3,000–15,000 birds	A4i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage (2007)	1,000–2,900 birds	A4i
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	passage (2007)	900–2,000 birds	A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage (2007)	50–200 birds	A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage (2007)	1,400–2,000 birds	A4i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	passage (2007)	1,900–3,000 birds	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (2007)	20,000 birds	A4iii

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	very poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	630 / 3,000 (birds)	21	very poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1967	Sogrovskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	100
1967	Smirnovskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	50	Standing fresh water; Water-fringe vegetation
Artificial/Terrestrial	45	Arable land; Highly improved reseeded grasslands
Forest	5	Wooded steppe

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	27
rangeland/pastureland	15
urban/industrial/transport	1

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Terenkol Lake (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/terenkol-lake-iba-kazakhstan on 23/12/2024.