MN065
Ugtam Nature Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid EN breeding 2009 present A1
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo LC breeding 2009 present A4i
White-naped Crane Grus vipio VU breeding 2009 present A1
Hooded Crane Grus monacha VU - 2009 present A1
Great Bustard Otis tarda EN breeding 2009 present A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni LC passage 2009 present A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug EN breeding 2009 present A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1993 Ugtam mountain Nature Reserves 100
2017 Landscapes of Dauria World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 54


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ugtam Nature Reserve (Mongolia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ugtam-nature-reserve-iba-mongolia on 23/11/2024.