Key Biodiversity Areas

Kaftar lake (8134)
Iran, Islamic Republic of, Middle East

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesPhoenicopterus ruberLR/lc1994D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesGrus grusCommon CraneLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesAythya fuligulaTufted DuckLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesAnas platyrhynchosMallardLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesAnas clypeataNorthern ShovelerLR/lc1994link-icon
AvesAnas acutaNorthern PintailLR/lc1994link-icon

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Kaftar lake. 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.