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Table 2. CONSERVATION STATUS, POPULATION NUMBER AND WATERBIRD SPECIES COMPOSITION OF LAKE BUIR

Conservation status Population

Latin names order, famile ¹ and species of birds * egional (R) ) 2002 , 1% level of relevant 1% biogeographical populatio (WPE3)** Category of Threat*** Global(G),R Pop.estimate*** Max number counted in one time study in this area Appendix I of CITES, 21.07.00 I of CITES, Appendix II of CITES, Appendix 21.07.00 28.09.02 I of CMS, Appendix 28.09.02 II of CMS, Appendix The numerical values of the (Mark criteria 1% Barter Red Data Book of Mongolia,1997 Red Data Book of Mongolia,1987 Very rare of Mongolian Law,2000 Rare birds of Mongolia Law,2001 Theatened Birds of Asia,2001 1 23 4 5678910111213 14 15 PODICIPEDIFORMES Podicipididae 1 Podiceps nigricollis 1000 2 Podiceps auritus 1000 3 Podiceps griseigena 1000 4 Podiceps cristatus 250 380 Phalacrocoracidae 5 Phalacrocorax carbo 1000 >5000 CICONIIFORMES Ardeidae 6 Botaurus stellaris + 1000 7 7 Egretta alba + + 1000 3 8 Ardea cinerea 10000 >1000 9 Ardea purpurea 1000 6 Threskiornithidae 10 Platalea leucorodia ++ + + + 65 2 Ciconiidae 11 Ciconia boyciana + + + + + 25 EN 2,500 (G) 1 12 Ciconia nigra ++ + + + 1 5 ANSERIFORMES Anatidae 13 Anser anser 750 28 14 Anser fabalis 550 100 15 Anser cygnoides + + + + + 550 EN 30,000-50,000(G) 1803 16 Cygnus cygnus + + + 200 34 17 Cygnus olor + + + + 20 2 18 Tadorna ferruginea 500 >500 19 Tadorna tadorna 1300 >600 20 Anas platyrhynchos 15000 >2000 21 Anas poecilorhynchos 12000 >700 22 Anas crecca 8000 >1000 23 Anas formosa + + + + + 3000 VU 210,000 (G) 24 Anas falcata 350 25 Anas strepera 7500 >1500 26 Anas penelope 7500 27 Anas acuta 7500 28 Anas guerguedula 10000 29 Anas clypeata 7500 >500 30 Aythya ferina 8000 LR/nt 15,000 (R) >5000 31 Aythya fuligula 7500 >1000 32 Bucephala clangula 750 >300 33 Melanitta deglandi 1 23 4 5678910111213 14 15 Tseveenmyadag N. Waterbirds of Buir nuur Page 2

34 Mergus merganser 750 >100 FALCONIFORMES Accipitridae 38 Circus aeruginosus ++ 44 Haliaeetus leucoryphus ++ ++ 45 Haliaeetus albicilla ++ ++ +'*+ GRUIFORMES Gruidae 56 Grus leucogeranus + + + + + +'* + 30 CR 2,500-3,000 (G) 1 57 Grus grus + + 110 10 58 Grus vipio Pall. + + + + + + 40 VU 5,500-6,500 (G) 5 59 Anthropoides virgo + + 850 >500 Rallidae 60 Porzana pusilla 61 Fulica atra D/E >1000 CHARADRIIFORMES Charadriidae 63 Pluvialis squatarola 1250 1300 100 64 Pluvialis fulva 1000 >1500 65 Charadrius hiaticula 66 Charadrius dubius 250 >250 67 Charadrius leschenaultii 1000 68 Charadrius veredus 700 700 20 69 Charadrius alexandrinus 950 1000 >500 70 Vanellus vanellus 600 1000 1260 71 Arenaria interpres 310 1000 100 Recurvirostridae 72 Himantopus himantopus + 200 1000 37 73 Recurvirostra avosetta 300 1000 >300 Scolopacidae 74 Tringa ochropus 1000 75 Tringa glareola 1000 76 Tringa nebularia 550 550 77 Tringa totanus 650 1000 >650 78 Tringa erythropus 400 1000 >400 79 Tringa stagnatilis 900 900 80 Actitis hypoleucos 3000 81 Tringa cinereus 500 500 82 Calidris minuta 83 Calidris ruficollis 3150 84 Calidris subminuta 1000 85 Calidris temminckii 1000 >300 86 Calidris ferruginea 1800 1800 87 Calidris alpina 9500 7500 88 Calidris acuminata 1600 89 Calidris alba Pall. 220 90 Limicola falcinellus 180 91 Lymnocryptes minimus 92 Gallinago gallinago 93 Gallinago stenura 94 Gallinago solitaria 95 Scolopax rusticola 96 Numenius minutus + 1800 830 97 Numenius arquata 350 350 120 98 Numenius madagascariensis 380 380 LR/nt 21000 5 99 Numenius phaeopus 550 550 100 Limosa limosa 1600 16000 140 101 Limosa lapponica 3250 102 Limnodromus semipalmatus + + + + 230 230 LR/nt 15,000-20,000 Glareolidae 1 23 4 5678910111213 14 15 Tseveenmyadag N. Waterbirds of Buir nuur Page 3

103 Glareola maldivarum 750 Laridae 104 Larus relicrus + + + + + + 120 VU 2,500-10,000 10 105 Larus minutus 100 15 106 Larus ridibundus 1520 107 Larus argentatus 1300 108 Larus canus 10000 21 109 Chlidonias niger 4000 110 Chlidonias leucopterus 200 111 Chlidonias hybridus 112 Gelochelidon nilotica 1000 >250 113 Hydroprogne caspia 175 50 114 Sterna hirundo 1000 300 115 Sterna albifrons 250 100 Ä¯Í 139410966611

A <10,000 B 10,000-25,000 C 25,000-100,000 D 100,000-1,000,000 E >1,000,000

* Mark Barter, 2002. Criteria for identifying the presence of Internationally Important numbers of a species. Shorebirds of the Yellow Sea: Importance, threats and conservation status. Wetlands International Global Series 9, International Wader Studies 12, Canberra, Australia.p.8-10. ** Wetlands International 2002 . Waterfowl Population Estimates-Third Edition. Wetlands International Global SeriesNo12 Wageningen, The Netherlands

*** Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee. 2001. Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy: 2001- 2005. Wetlands International - Asia Pacific. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 67 pp.