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The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius	LC	breeding	2006	common	A3
Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii	VU	breeding	2006	2-32 adults	A1, A3
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	LC	breeding	2006	present	A3
Turkestan Ground-jay Podoces panderi	LC	resident	2006	1-10 adults	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident	2006	1-10 adults	A3
Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana	LC	breeding	2006	1-6 adults	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

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%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: The desert around Kurkuduk village (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/the-desert-around-kurkuduk-village-iba-uzbekistan on 23/11/2024.