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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
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	resident	1999	1,300 individuals	A2, A3, B3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1999	1,000 individuals	A1, A2, A3, B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1999	4 breeding pairs	B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1999	3,000 breeding pairs	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1999	500 breeding pairs	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	1999	3,000 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1999	50 breeding pairs	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	1999	500-800 breeding pairs	A3, 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' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Mineral'nyi istochnik Mosota	Nature Monument	-
-	Fasnal'skiy sosnovyi bor	Nature Monument	-
1981	Dzinaginskaya sosnovaya polyana	Nature Monument	-
1987	Karaugomskiy lednik	Nature Monument	-
1998	Alania	National Park	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	60
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		50
Forest		13

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	50
rangeland/pastureland	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alaniya National Park (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alaniya-national-park-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.