Key Biodiversity Areas

Khar Us Lake (16326)
Mongolia, Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesPlatalea leucorodiaEurasian SpoonbillLC2009link-icon
AvesCygnus cygnusWhooper SwanLC2009link-icon
AvesAythya fuligulaTufted DuckLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas creccaNR2009link-icon
AvesAythya ferinaCommon PochardLC2009link-icon
AvesCasmerodius albusGreat White EgretLC2009link-icon
AvesHaliaeetus leucoryphusPallas's Fish-eagleVU2009link-icon
AvesAnas acutaNorthern PintailLC2009link-icon
AvesCalidris temminckiiTemminck's StintLC2009link-icon
AvesNetta rufinaRed-crested PochardLC2009link-icon
AvesBucephala clangulaCommon GoldeneyeLC2009link-icon
AvesSterna caspiaCaspian TernLC2009link-icon
AvesLarus relictusRelict GullVU2009link-icon
AvesGrus grusCommon CraneLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas platyrhynchosMallardLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas penelopeEurasian WigeonLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas streperaGadwallLC2009link-icon
AvesFalco naumanniLesser KestrelVU2009link-icon
AvesPelecanus crispusDalmatian PelicanVU2009link-icon
AvesVanellus vanellusNorthern LapwingLC2009link-icon
AvesLarus ichthyaetusPallas's GullLC2009link-icon
AvesMergus merganserGoosanderLC2009link-icon
AvesAnser indicusBar-headed GooseLC2009link-icon
AvesPodiceps cristatusGreat Crested GrebeLC2009link-icon
AvesAnas clypeataNorthern ShovelerLC2009link-icon
AvesAnser cygnoidesSwan GooseVU2009link-icon
AvesTadorna tadornaCommon ShelduckLC2009link-icon
AvesGrus vipioWhite-naped CraneVU2009link-icon
AvesOxyura leucocephalaWhite-headed DuckEN2009link-icon
AvesAnser anserGreylag GooseLC2009link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax carboGreat CormorantLC2009link-icon
AvesTadorna ferrugineaRuddy ShelduckLC2009link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Khar Us Lake. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 17, 2025.