BirdLife Data Zone

IR029

Alborz-e Markazi Protected Area

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IBA Criteria

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
Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius	LC	resident	1977	15 breeding pairs	B3
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1977	1 breeding pairs	B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1977	1 breeding pairs	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1977	2 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1977	7 breeding pairs	B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1977	1 breeding pairs	B2
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1977	uncommon	B2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage	1977	common	A1, B2

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

IBA Protection

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Vargin	Protected Area	27,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lar	National Park	29,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Chahar Bagh	Protected Area	6,294	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Alborz-e-Markazy	Protected Area	410,790	is identical to site	410,790
Alborz-e-Markazi (Central Alborz)	National Natural Monument	4,750	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

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

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Alborz-e Markazi Protected Area. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/01/2022.