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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

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 key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bukantau Mountain Range (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bukantau-mountain-range-iba-uzbekistan on 16/01/2025.