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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius	LC	resident	1996	uncommon	A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1996	frequent	A2, A3
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	1998	frequent	B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	non-breeding	1996	uncommon	B2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1998	uncommon	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	passage	1998	uncommon	A1
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	passage	1996	frequent	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage	1996	uncommon	A1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1998	4 breeding pairs	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage	1998	frequent	A1
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1998	frequent	B2
Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus	LC	breeding	1996	frequent	A2
Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis	LC	breeding	1996	frequent	B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1996-1998	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iv, B1iv

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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Borjomi-Kharagauli	ეროვნული პარკი	85,083	protected area contained by site	50,400
Borjomi	ნაკრძალი	14,820	protected area contained by site	17,948

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Meskheti. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.