Uly Balkan (Turkmenistan) IBA | Details

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Uly Balkan

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis	LC	resident (2007)	20–30 pairs	A3
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	winter (2007)	3–6 pairs	A1
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti	LC	resident (2007)	10–12 pairs	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding (2007)	2–3 pairs	A3
Streaked Scrub-warbler Scotocerca inquieta	LC	resident (2007)	10–12 pairs	A3
Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota	LC	resident (2007)	25–30 pairs	A3
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata	LC	breeding (2007)	16–17 pairs	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding (2007)	9–10 pairs	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	breeding (2007)	10–11 pairs	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding (2007)	2–3 pairs	A3
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani	LC	breeding (2007)	4–5 pairs	A3

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 (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	30	Inland cliffs; Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas
Grassland	22	Dry grassland on sandy soils; Steppes & dry calcareous
Desert	20	Desert & semi-desert - clay; Desert & semi-desert - salty; Desert & semi-desert - stony
Shrubland	13	Low bushes; Scrub
Forest	12	Broadleaved deciduous; Native coniferous; Wooded desert & semi-desert
Artificial/Terrestrial	3	Arable land

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	75
forestry	12
tourism/recreation	5
not utilised	4
military	3
urban/industrial/transport	1

Land ownership

State.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uly Balkan (Turkmenistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uly-balkan-iba-turkmenistan on 23/12/2024.