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Site description (2006 baseline):
Site location and context
Lakes and reservoirs of Chu valley are situated 15 km north of Bishkek city. All these reservoirs are artificial with unstable water level. There are tree plantations along the banks of Ala-Archinski river. The landscape is steppe and farmlands.
Criterion A3 is applied to the site because the ponds and water reservations provide staging ground for fall and spring migrants as well as wintering birds.
Criterion A4i is applied to birds with increased numbers during breeding season: Great Cormorant, Black Tern, Night Heron and Black-winged Stilt.
Pygmy Cormorant, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Avocet, Black Kite, Black-headed Gull are seen during winter and on passage.
Apart from those listed, other species occurring on passage here include Little Bustard, Great Bustard, Avocet and wagtails. Ducks, Black-winged stilt, Grey and Night herons, Great and pygmy cormorants breed here.Little and Great Bustards, Avocet and wagtails. Ducks, Black-winged stilt, Grey and Night herons, Great and Pygmy cormorants breed here.
Non-bird biodiversity: Mammals occurring are: Corsac Fox, Yellow ground squirrel, European Badger
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Fires(B), human disturbance (A), logging (B), tourism/recreation(A)
Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity
Ornithological Department was based at the Institute of Biology, Kyrgyzstan NAS from 1977 to 19892.
Data-sheet compiled in 2006 by S. S. Sagymbaev, received by BirdLife Cambridge May 2008, translated by Tsovinar Hovhannisyan in summer 2010, entered into WBDB by Rory McCann in autumn 2010.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Water reservation of Northern Chu Valley (Kyrgyzstan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/water-reservation-of-northern-chu-valley-iba-kyrgyzstan on 23/11/2024.
