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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis	LC	resident	1971-1976	frequent	A3
Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis	NT	resident	1971-1976	common	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1971-1976	present	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident	1971-1976	present	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	resident	1971-1976	present	A3
Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens	LC	resident	1971-1976	present	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1971-1976	present	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	1971-1976	present	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	resident	1971-1976	present	A3
Brandt's Mountain-finch Leucosticte brandti	LC	resident	1971-1976	present	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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Pamir-i-Buzurg	Wildlife Reserve	57,700	is identical to site	67,938

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

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Big Pamir. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.