Data Zone
Country/territory: Azerbaijan
IBA Criteria met: A1 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 3,000 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2008 | high | unfavourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
An area of low, rocky mountains in the semi-desert of Gobustan upland. Land-uses include intensive sheep-grazing and some oil exploration.
Key biodiversity
Notable breeding species: Tadorna ferruginea (5+ pairs, 10-12 km from nearest water-body), Falco biarmicus (1 pair formerly bred; only site in USSR), Apus melba (20-25 pairs, only colony in Gobustan upland), Merops superciliosus. Among very common passerines are Oenanthe isabellina, O. finschii and Sitta neumayer.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Kargabazar and Mount Gush-gaya. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 16/01/2021.
