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The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	resident	1988-1991	common	A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1996	100 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	1996	2 breeding pairs	A1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - nomadic grazing	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Shahdagh National Park	National Park	130,508	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ismayilli State Nature Sanctuary	State Nature Sanctuary	23,438	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ismailly	Game Reserve	0	protected area overlaps with site	0

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Info avialable at AOS	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Babadag. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-babadag-iba-azerbaijan on 23/09/2023.