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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	1998-1999	present	A3, B2
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	breeding	1993	134 breeding pairs	A1, A3, B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	breeding	1989-1996	20 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	breeding	1989-1996	20 breeding pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	breeding	1989-1996	10 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	breeding	1989-1996	10 breeding pairs	B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1976-1994	205,131-380,220 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.

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)
Vercenik	Game Reserve	50,458	protected area overlaps with site	50,458
Uzungöl	Nature Park	1,625	protected area overlaps with site	1,625
Savsat Balikli	Game Reserve	3,492	protected area overlaps with site	3,492
Kaçkar Daglari	National Park	51,550	protected area overlaps with site	51,550
Kackar	Game Reserve	4,142	protected area overlaps with site	4,143
Hatila Vadisi	National Park	16,988	protected area overlaps with site	17,104
Coruh	Game Reserve	8,700	protected area overlaps with site	8,700
Camili	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	23,170	protected area contained by site	0
Camburnu	Nature Reserve	180	protected area overlaps with site	180

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Eastern Black Sea Mountains [incl Karcal Mountains]. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023.