Baganskiye Lakes (29687)
Russia (European), Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: A1a, A1c, D1a
Year of last assessment: 2011
National site name: Baganskiye ozera
Central coordinates: Latitude: 54.0083, Longitude: 77.7430
System: freshwater, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 105 to 118
Area of KBA (km2): 3470.1124
Protected area coverage (%): 9.71
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The site represents a vast system of constant, partially and fully dried up lakes that are fed from the Bagan river. The lakes are primarily brackish but there are fresh ones. Many lakes have large reedbeds. There are also substantial areas of steppes and salines alternating with the agricultural fields and rare birch chipping. Bird counts have been conducted annually in May-August since 2006. Approximately 70% of the territory was investigated in 2010. In 2006-2009 the site was investigated annually over about 50% of the territory. Altogether it was investigated over about 80% of the territory during the years 2006-2010 (approximately 760,000 ha).
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs.
Additional biodiversity: The following semi-aquatic birds were noticed on nesting and movements in June-August: Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Great Bittern, Great Egret, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Mallard, Gadwall, Gar-ganey, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Common Shelduck, Common Coot, Little Ringed Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Northern Lapwing, Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, Temminck’s Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Cur-lew, Black-tailed Godwit, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Common Snipe, White-winged Tern, Black Tern, Common Tern, Larus barabensis, Mew Gull, Pallas's Gull, Black-headed Gull, Little Gull, Bearded Parrotbill etc.
Delineation rationale: 2014-08-12 (BL Secretariat): centroid coords adjusted to 54°0'30'N 77°44'35'E and site area changed to (or confirmed as) 347000 ha (rounded), on basis of refined polygon downloaded from Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).
Habitats
Land use: agriculture (40%) | fisheries/aquaculture (10%) | forestry (2%) | hunting (99%) | nature conservation and research (1%) | not utilised (20%) | rangeland/pastureland (10%) | tourism/recreation (2%) | urban/industrial/transport (10%)
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 56 | |
| Grassland | 22 | |
| Forest | 2 | |
| Wetlands(Inland) | 20 |
Additional information
References: Bazdyrev A.V., Murzakhanov E.B., Yurlov A.K.