Yuzhno-Surkhan (South-Surkhan) Reservoir (Uzbekistan)

UZ046

Yuzhno-Surkhan (South-Surkhan) Reservoir

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	2003-2005	360-5,243 adults	A4i
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	2003-2005	19,426-29,564 adults	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2003-2005	23,207-38,398 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2018) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2018	very unfavourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	very poor (< 40%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Other	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	100
water management	100
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yuzhno-Surkhan (South-Surkhan) Reservoir (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yuzhno-surkhan-(south-surkhan)-reservoir-iba-uzbekistan on 23/11/2024.