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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Tawny Owl Strix aluco	LC	resident	1996	100 breeding pairs	B3
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1996	21-24 breeding pairs	B2
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1996	20 breeding pairs	B3
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	2004-2006	30-50 breeding pairs	A1

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	other ecosystem modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Shrubland		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Western Caucasus	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	301,068	protected area overlaps with site	0
Psebaiskiy	Zakaznik	37,400	protected area overlaps with site	2,000
Kavkazsky	Zapovednik	280,335	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kavkazskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	295,700	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Urushten river. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1570 on 05/06/2023.