Udaipur Lakes Complex (India) IBA | Details

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Udaipur Lakes Complex

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
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	resident (2004)	present	A1, A4i
White-naped Tit Machlolophus nuchalis	VU	resident (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	poor	very high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	very high
Pollution	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	very high

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	-
Forest	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Udaipur Lakes Complex (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/udaipur-lakes-complex-iba-india on 23/12/2024.