Key Biodiversity Areas

Rangkul valley (Rangkul & Shorkul Lakes) (21860)
Tajikistan, Central Asia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesAnser indicusBar-headed GooseLC2006link-icon
AvesLarus brunnicephalusBrown-headed GullLC2006link-icon
AvesGyps himalayensisHimalayan GriffonLC2006link-icon
AvesPyrrhocorax graculusYellow-billed ChoughLC2006link-icon
AvesTetraogallus himalayensisHimalayan SnowcockLC2006link-icon
AvesPhoenicurus erythrogastrusWhite-winged RedstartLC2006link-icon
AvesTichodroma murariaWallcreeperLC2006link-icon
AvesCalandrella acutirostrisHume's LarkLC2006link-icon
AvesTadorna ferrugineaRuddy ShelduckLC2006link-icon
AvesTetraogallus tibetanusTibetan SnowcockLC2006link-icon
AvesCharadrius mongolusLesser SandploverLC2006link-icon
AvesPrunella himalayanaRufous-streaked AccentorLC2006link-icon
AvesLeucosticte brandtiBlack-headed Mountain-finchLC2006link-icon
AvesPrunella fulvescensBrown AccentorLC2006link-icon
AvesCarpodacus puniceusRed-fronted RosefinchLC2006link-icon
AvesCarpodacus rubicillaGreat RosefinchLC2006link-icon
AvesMontifringilla nivalisWhite-winged SnowfinchLC2006link-icon
AvesSyrrhaptes tibetanusTibetan SandgrouseLC2006link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Rangkul valley (Rangkul & Shorkul 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 16, 2025.