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The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2003-2006	10-30 breeding pairs	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2003-2006	2-3 breeding pairs	A1
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1996-1998	20-40 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	3	2	breeding pairs	67	not assessed
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	20	15	breeding pairs	75	near favourable
Falco peregrinus	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Peschera Rozhnova	Nature Monument	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Wooded steppe	50
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	30
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	10
Shrubland	Scrub	8

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	80
agriculture	20

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Akhmet-Skala ridge (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/akhmet-skala-ridge-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.