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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	347 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,180,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.45 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be relatively common and widespread in the Tibetan plateau but it is declining in the former USSR (del Hoyo et al. 1997). The population size is suspected to be decreasing, with marked declines in Russia in recent years (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Trend justification: The population size is suspected to be decreasing, with marked declines in Russia in recent years (del Hoyo et al. 1997).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
China (mainland)	extant	native
India	extant	native
Tajikistan	extant	native		yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Tajikistan	Karakul lake and mountains
Tajikistan	Rangkul valley (Rangkul & Shorkul Lakes)

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Desert	Temperate	major	resident
Altitude	3600 - 6000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international
Sport hunting/specimen collecting	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tibetan-sandgrouse-syrrhaptes-tibetanus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.