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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 Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	resident	1981-1997	3-6 breeding pairs	A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2007	3 breeding pairs	A2, A3
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2007	3 breeding pairs	B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	2007	present	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	2007	2 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident	1981-1997	2-6 breeding pairs	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	2007	present	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	1981-1997	3-12 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) - nomadic grazing	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

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	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Uchastok bukovo-grabov.lesa v uschel'e reki Assa s podleskom iz cherniki kavkazskoj	Nature Monument	0	protected area contained by site	12
Oblepihovaya roscha v Targimskoj kotlovine	Nature Monument	0	protected area contained by site	0
Lesnoj massiv u s. Targim i vdol' reki Thabahro (Torgim)	Nature Monument	0	protected area contained by site	320
Ingushsky	Zakaznik (Federal)	70,000	protected area contains site	7,200
Erzi	Zapovednik	5,970	protected area overlaps with site	250

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
rangeland/pastureland	-
hunting	-
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: Targimskaya intermountain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 05/07/2022.