Zeyit - Kelif (Turkmenistan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Zeyit - Kelif

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	2007	1-3 individuals	A1
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	2007	3,786 individuals	A4i
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	2007	9,091 individuals	A4i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	2007	3-35 individuals	A1
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	2007	14,385 individuals	A4i
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	2007	17-48 individuals	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2007	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

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 (2018) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2018	unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	5	5	individuals	100	favourable
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	9,091	4,000	individuals	44	unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1970	Kelif	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve	26

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		95
Desert		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	80
fisheries/aquaculture	15
agriculture	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zeyit - Kelif (Turkmenistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zeyit--kelif-iba-turkmenistan on 23/11/2024.