Flora:
On the territory of Ak-Shyirak and the Sarychat-Eertash Reserve, there is a community of rose-flowered wormwood (Artemisia rhodantha) with cereal grasses: sessile-flowered ptilagrostis (Ptilagrostis subsessiliflora), furrowed fescue (Festuca sulcata), forbs - silky wormwood (Androsace sericea), (Oxytropis globiflora), Paulsen's snakehead (Dracocephalum paulsenii). The formation of Krylov's fescue (Festuca kryloviana) with purple ptilagrostis (Ptilagrostis purpurea) and sessile flower (Ptilagrostis subsessiliflora), Litvinov's bluegrass (Poa litvinoviana) and low kobresia (Kobresia humilis) is widespread. Kobreznevniks consist of hair-like sedge (Kobresia capiliformis), silver-leaved saussurea (Saussurea leucophylla), spherical sedge (Oxytropis globiflora), narrow-fruited sedge (Carex stenocarpa), and low kobresia (Kobresia humilis). The formation of the four-stamen dryad flower (Dryadanthe tetrandra) forms cushions, between which sedges, Tien Shan reed grass (Calamagrostis tianschanica), silver Saussurea (Saussurea leucophylla) and others grow.
Fauna:
Mammals
26 species of mammals inhabit the territory of Ak-Shyirak and the Sarychat-Eertash Reserve: snow leopard (Panthera uncia), manul (Otocolobus manul), wolf (Canis lupus), fox (Vulpes vulpes), brown bear (Ursus arctos), stone marten ( Martes foina), saltwort (Mustela altaica), weasel (Mustela nivalis), stoat (Mustela erminea), steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanni), mountain goat, ibex (Capra ibex (sibirica), mountain sheep, argali (Ovis ammon), gray marmot (Marmota baibacina), wild boar (Sus scrofa), Tien Shan mouse (Sicista tianschanica), gray hamster (Cricetulus migratorius), silver vole (Alticola argentatus (roylei), Kirghiz vole (Microtus kirgisorum), narrow-skulled vole (Microtus gregalis), hare sandstone (Lepus capensis), big-eared pika (Ochotona roylei) and others.
Species included in the Red Book of the Kyrgyz Republic: snow leopard, brown bear, manul, stone marten and argali.
Birds
On the territory of Ak-Shyirak and the Sarychat-Eertash Reserve, 92 species of birds have been recorded, including 31 species of permanent residents and 61 species of temporary or migratory species. The group of birds of prey includes the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), the Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis), the Eurasian vulture (Gyps fulvus), the black vulture (Aegypius monachus) and the saker falcon (Falco cherrug). Birds of the partridge family found within the Reserve include the Himalayan turkey or snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis), rock partridge or partridge (Alectoris chukar) and Dahurian chile partridge (Perdix dauuricae). Ogar (Tadorna ferruginea) and Mongolian plover (Charadrius mongolus) live in mountain lakes. Typical passerine species include the chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), alpine jackdaw (Pyrrhocorax graculus), horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), pearl finches (Leucosticte brandti), Himalayan finches (Leucosticte nemoricola) and red-winged wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) among other species. 8 Red Book species inhabit the territory of the Reserve: golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), bearded vulture (lamb vulture) (Gypaetus barbatus), Himalayan vulture (kumai, snow vulture) (Gyps himalayensis), Eurasian vulture (Gyps fulvus), black vulture (Aegypius monachus), saker falcon (Falco cherrug), common eagle owl (Bubo bubo) and sickle beak (Ibidorhyncha struthersii).
