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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2006

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2000-2006	10-70 adults	A1

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	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - intentional use: subsistence/small scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Shrubland		326	288	-	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Vardanzi	Natural Monument	300	is identical to site	326

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Shrubland		-
Desert		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Vardanzi. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.