Turkestan Ground-jay (Podoces panderi) - BirdLife species factsheet

Turkestan Ground-jay Podoces panderi

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

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

Species attributes

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

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	870,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.68 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be relatively numerous in virgin desert (Madge and Burn 1993). The population is suspected to be in decline owing to intensive irrigation and the loss and degradation of desert vegetation through fuel wood collection and overgrazing (Madge and Burn 1993).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to intensive irrigation and the loss and degradation of desert vegetation through fuel wood collection and overgrazing (Madge and Burn 1993).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native		yes
Uzbekistan	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Turkmenistan	Repetek
Uzbekistan	Buzaubay
Uzbekistan	Karakyr Lakes
Uzbekistan	Northern part of the Assake-Audan depression
Uzbekistan	The desert around Kurkuduk village

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Desert	Temperate	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Turkestan Ground-jay Podoces panderi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/turkestan-ground-jay-podoces-panderi 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.