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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	2007	1,000-4,000 individuals	A4i
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	2007	2,000-5,000 individuals	A1, A4i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	2007	5,000-20,000 individuals	A4i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2007	3,000-15,000 individuals	A4i
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	passage	2007	1,000-2,900 individuals	A4i
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	passage	2007	900-2,000 individuals	A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage	2007	50-200 individuals	A4i
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	passage	2007	1,400-2,000 individuals	A4i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	passage	2007	1,900-3,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2007	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 (2015) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	3,000	630	individuals	21	very unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1967	Sogrovskiy	Zakaznik	100
1967	Smirnovskiy	Zakaznik	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation	50
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Highly improved reseeded grasslands	45
Forest	Wooded steppe	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.