Tortoise Islands (Kazakhstan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Tortoise Islands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	2002-2006	16-18 breeding pairs	A1
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	2002-2003	1,000-1,200 breeding pairs	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

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 (2004) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2004	near favourable	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Shrubland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant 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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes & dry calcareous	90
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation	7
Shrubland	Low bushes	2
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tortoise Islands (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tortoise-islands-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.