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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis	LC	resident	2006-2007	1-5 individuals	A3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2006-2007	1 individuals	A1
Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis	NT	resident	2006-2007	1-5 individuals	A3
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	breeding	2006-2007	4-8 individuals	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2006-2007	1-2 individuals	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	2006-2007	7-80 individuals	A3
Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris	LC	breeding	2006-2007	5-10 individuals	A3
Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus	LC	breeding	2006-2007	2-8 individuals	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	breeding	2006-2007	2-4 individuals	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	2006-2007	3-9 individuals	A3
Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens	LC	breeding	2006-2007	6-12 individuals	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	breeding	2006-2007	10-40 individuals	A3
Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys	LC	breeding	2006-2007	1-2 individuals	A3
Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus	LC	breeding	2006-2007	1-2 individuals	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	breeding	2006-2007	1-2 individuals	A3
Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus	LC	breeding	2006-2007	4-12 individuals	A3

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ugam-Chatkal	National Park	1,149,200	protected area contains site	2,323

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Low bushes	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Grassland	Steppes & dry calcareous	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Pulatkhan Gorge. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.