Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1994
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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 |
Aquila pomarina | NR | 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.
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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | - | |
Forest | - | |
Grassland | - | |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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nature conservation and research | - |
agriculture | - |
forestry | - |
rangeland/pastureland | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Alborz-e Markazi Protected Area. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/01/2021.