Key Biodiversity Areas

Zhumay-Mayshukyr Lake System (22278)
Kazakhstan, Central Asia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesPhalaropus lobatusRed-necked PhalaropeLC2005D1alink-icon
AvesOxyura leucocephalaWhite-headed DuckEN2005A1a, A1c, B1, D1alink-icon
AvesAythya ferinaCommon PochardLC2005A1b, A1d, D1alink-icon
AvesVanellus gregariusSociable LapwingCR2005A1clink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesGlareola nordmanniBlack-winged PratincoleNT2005link-icon
AvesMelanocorypha yeltoniensisBlack LarkLC2005link-icon
AvesLimosa limosaBlack-tailed GodwitNT2005link-icon
AvesAnser albifronsGreater White-fronted GooseLC2005link-icon
AvesBucephala clangulaCommon GoldeneyeLC2005link-icon
AvesAnas acutaNorthern PintailLC2005link-icon
AvesCalidris minutaLittle StintLC2005link-icon
AvesLarus ichthyaetusPallas's GullLC2005link-icon
AvesAnas platyrhynchosMallardLC2005link-icon
AvesCygnus cygnusWhooper SwanLC2005link-icon
AvesAythya fuligulaTufted DuckLC2005link-icon
AvesPodiceps nigricollisBlack-necked GrebeLC2005link-icon
AvesTadorna ferrugineaRuddy ShelduckLC2005link-icon
AvesAnas penelopeEurasian WigeonLC2005link-icon
AvesAnas streperaGadwallLC2005link-icon
AvesPhilomachus pugnaxRuffLC2005link-icon
AvesFulica atraCommon CootLC2005link-icon
AvesAnas clypeataNorthern ShovelerLC2005link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Zhumay-Mayshukyr Lake System. 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 19, 2025.