Data Zone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo | LC | breeding (2006) | 15 pairs | A3 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax | NT | breeding (2006) | 30 pairs | A1, A3 |
| Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | EN | breeding (2006) | 15 pairs | A3 |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca | VU | breeding (2006) | 688 pairs | A1, A3 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2006 | poor | medium | not assessed |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| no | habitat | good | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat | Quantity (% remaining) | Quality (% carrying capacity) | Result |
| Forest | moderate (70–90%) | moderate (70–90%) | poor |
| Desert | good (>90%) | moderate (70–90%) | moderate |
| Grassland | good (>90%) | moderate (70–90%) | moderate |
| Shrubland | good (>90%) | good (>90%) | 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 |
| Human intrusions and disturbance | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations) | low |
| Biological resource use | happening now | few individuals/small area (<10%) | 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 |
| Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Desert | 30 | |
| Grassland | 30 | |
| Shrubland | 30 | |
| Forest | 10 |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| rangeland/pastureland | 50 |
| forestry | 15 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Urda Sands (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/urda-sands-iba-kazakhstan on 25/12/2024.