Tso Morari Lake and adjacent marshes (India) IBA | Details

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Tso Morari Lake and adjacent marshes

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus	LC	breeding (2004)	present	A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	passage (2004)	present	A4i
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis	NT	breeding (2004)	present	A1

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	good	high	very low
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
Wetlands (inland)	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	very low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1900	Tso Morari	Conservation Reserve (-)	-
1987	Changthang	Sanctuary (IV)	6

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tso Morari Lake and adjacent marshes (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tso-morari-lake-and-adjacent-marshes-iba-india on 22/12/2024.