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The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1988-2006	present	A1
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	1988-2006	1-30 individuals	A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2006	10-50 adults	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	1988-2006	4-20 adults	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Desert		60
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		40

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bukantau Mountain Range (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bukantau-mountain-range-iba-uzbekistan on 23/11/2024.