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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2007	20-30 males	A1, A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1987	50 individuals	A2, A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2007	20-30 males	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	2007	30-50 breeding pairs	A3
Krueper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi	LC	breeding	2007	50-100 breeding pairs	A1
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	breeding	2007	2-3 breeding pairs	A3
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	2007	200-300 breeding pairs	A1
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	2007	10-30 breeding pairs	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - agro-industry grazing, ranching or farmin	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Gypaetus barbatus	Bearded Vulture	1	1	breeding pairs	100	not assessed
Neophron percnopterus	Egyptian Vulture	1	0	breeding pairs	0	not assessed
Gyps fulvus	Griffon Vulture	5	2	individuals	40	not assessed

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Turinyi	Zakaznik	3,900	protected area overlaps with site	0
Psebaiskiy	Zakaznik	37,400	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dahovskiy	Zakaznik	23,000	protected area overlaps with site	0

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

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bolchoi Tkhach mountain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2022.