Data Zone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | LC | passage | 2007 | 457 individuals | A4i |
| Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis | VU | passage | 2005 | 640-1,750 individuals | A1, A4i |
| Common Crane Grus grus | LC | passage | 2005 | 395-1,540 individuals | A4i |
| Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus | LC | passage | 2007 | 2,300-4,530 individuals | A4i |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | passage | 2007 | 20,000-40,000 individuals | A4iii |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2015) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2015 | very unfavourable | not assessed | not assessed |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| yes | population | medium | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' populations) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Reference | Actual | Units | % remaining | Result |
| Mute Swan Cygnus olor | 70 | 70 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | 127 | 565 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | 4,653 | 1,512 | individuals | 33 | very unfavourable |
| Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | 12,000 | 1,500 | individuals | 13 | very unfavourable |
| Gadwall Mareca strepera | 7,500 | 700 | individuals | 10 | very unfavourable |
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | 1,300 | 1,300 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Northern Pintail Anas acuta | 1,200 | 300 | individuals | 25 | very unfavourable |
| Anas crecca | 15,400 | 500 | individuals | 4 | very unfavourable |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds | 42,745 | 6,447 | individuals | 16 | very 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 |
| Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
|---|---|---|
| Wetlands (inland) | Standing fresh water, Water-fringe vegetation | 79 |
| Grassland | Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Steppes & dry calcareous | 15 |
| Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | 5 |
| Forest | Wooded steppe | 1 |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| hunting | 70 |
| rangeland/pastureland | 10 |
| agriculture | 5 |
| fisheries/aquaculture | 5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zhaltyr Lake (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zhaltyr-lake-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.