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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
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni	VU	breeding	2004	20-50 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Pallid Scops-owl Otus brucei	LC	breeding	2004	5 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus	LC	breeding	2004	20-30 breeding pairs	A3
Great Tit Parus major	LC	breeding	2004	20 breeding pairs	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	2004	abundant	A3
Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri	LC	breeding	2004	20 breeding pairs	A3

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 (2014) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Shrubland	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Desert	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Iliiskaja delta	Zakaznik	100
1967	Pribalkhashskiy	Zakaznik	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous, Wooded desert & semi-desert	50
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - sandy, Desert & semi-desert - salty	40
Shrubland	Scrub	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100
other	50
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zheltoranga (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zheltoranga-iba-kazakhstan on 23/11/2024.