Key Biodiversity Areas

Sankebay Lakes (22563)
Kazakhstan, Central Asia

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesBranta ruficollisRed-breasted GooseVU2010A1dlink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesAnser erythropusLesser White-fronted GooseVU2007link-icon
AvesOxyura leucocephalaWhite-headed DuckEN2007link-icon
AvesGrus grusCommon CraneLC2007link-icon
AvesGlareola nordmanniBlack-winged PratincoleNT2007link-icon
AvesCygnus cygnusWhooper SwanLC2007link-icon
AvesTetrax tetraxLittle BustardNT2007link-icon
AvesLeucogeranus leucogeranusSiberian CraneCR2007link-icon
AvesCircus macrourusPallid HarrierNT2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Sankebay 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 23, 2025.