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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	resident (1999)	1,300 birds	A2, A3, B3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident (1999)	1,000 birds	A1, A2, A3, B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (1999)	4 pairs	B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident (1999)	3,000 pairs	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident (1999)	500 pairs	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident (1999)	3,000 pairs	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident (1999)	50 pairs	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident (1999)	500–800 pairs	A3, B2

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%)	good
Grassland	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (<4 years)	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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 (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Mineral'nyi istochnik Mosota	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Fasnal'skiy sosnovyi bor	Nature Monument (III)	-
1981	Dzinaginskaya sosnovaya polyana	Nature Monument (III)	-
1987	Karaugomskiy lednik	Nature Monument (III)	-
1998	Alania	National Park (II)	100

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

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 23/12/2024.