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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1988-1991	3 breeding pairs	B2
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1996	abundant	B3

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Hirkan State Nature Reserve	State Nature Sanctuary	1,553	protected area overlaps with site	0
Hirkan National Park	National Park	40,358	protected area overlaps with site	0

The Local Conservation Groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Imamverdiyev Ali	2006

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
other	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Astara-chai valley. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/151 on 05/06/2023.