Key Biodiversity Areas

Zharsor-Urkash Salt Lakes (19957)
Kazakhstan, Central Asia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesVanellus gregariusSociable LapwingCR2009A1clink-icon
AvesBranta ruficollisRed-breasted GooseVU2009A1b, A1d, D1alink-icon
AvesAnthropoides virgoDemoiselle CraneLC2009D1alink-icon
AvesGrus grusCommon CraneLC2009D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesAquila heliacaEastern Imperial EagleVU2008link-icon
AvesTadorna tadornaCommon ShelduckLC2008link-icon
AvesTetrax tetraxLittle BustardNT2008link-icon
AvesAnser erythropusLesser White-fronted GooseVU2008link-icon
AvesCircus macrourusPallid HarrierNT2008link-icon
AvesLeucogeranus leucogeranusSiberian CraneCR2008link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Zharsor-Urkash Salt Lakes. 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 12, 2025.