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The site was identified as important in 1994 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
Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius	LC	resident	1977	4 breeding pairs	A3, B3
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	LC	resident	1977	common	B2
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1977	37-67 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A3, B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1977	1 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1977	4 breeding pairs	B2
Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus	LC	breeding	1974	7 breeding pairs	A2, A3, B3
Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus	LC	breeding	1977	abundant	B3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	LC	breeding	1977	abundant	A3
Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1973	Arasbaran	Protected Area	100
1976	Arasbaran	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	99

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Forest		major (>10)
Grassland		major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)
forestry	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arasbaran Protected Area (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arasbaran-protected-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.