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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius	LC	breeding	2007	1 individuals	A3
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1976-2006	50-1,000 individuals	A4i
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei	LC	breeding	2006-2007	20 individuals	A3
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	passage	2004	15 individuals	A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2002-2007	60 individuals	A1
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	resident	2002-2007	10 breeding pairs	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	resident	2002-2009	20-27 breeding pairs	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding	2007	1 individuals	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Energy production and mining	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Zeravshanskiy	State Nature Reserve	87

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Flood-plain	34
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation	25
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Perennial crops, orchards & groves	14
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - stony	9
Grassland	Dry grassland on sandy soils, Humid, Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe	7
Shrubland	Low bushes, Scrub	7
Introduced vegetation		4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
water management	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zarafshan State Nature Reserve (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zarafshan-state-nature-reserve-iba-uzbekistan on 23/11/2024.