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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	1999-2001	8-10 males	A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2007	150-200 males	A1, A2, A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	passage	2007	1,500-10,000 individuals	A1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2007	4-5 breeding pairs	B2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	passage	2007	30-50 individuals	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	1982-2006	30-50 breeding pairs	A3
Krueper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi	LC	resident	2007	2,000-3,000 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	winter	1978-1992	20-30 individuals	A3
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	2007	300-500 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	2003	20-30 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
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Grassland		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Shrubland		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)
Western Caucasus	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	301,068	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Vorontsovskaya peschernaya sistema	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Uschel'e Akhtsu	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Tisso-samshitovaya roscha	Nature Monument	437	protected area overlaps with site	0
Sochinsky	National Park	193,737	protected area overlaps with site	193,737
Sochinsky	Zakaznik (Federal)	48,450	protected area contained by site	0
Rododendrovyi uchastok	Nature Monument	229	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nazarovskaya peschera	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lesnye kul'tury duba probkovogo	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kavkazsky	Zapovednik	280,335	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kavkazskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	295,700	protected area overlaps with site	0
Dzykhrinskoe uschel'e	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Alek-Atskiy uchastok	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Agurskie vodopady	Nature Monument	0	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Shrubland		-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Urban parks and gardens	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
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: Sochinsky National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.