Data Zone
Country/territory: Kyrgyzstan
IBA criteria met: A1, A3 (2010)
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Area: 10,000 hectares (100.00 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2006 | not assessed | high | very low |
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Site description (2006 baseline)
Terrain: semi-desert and desert and mountain valleys with sagebrush and the mountain-xerophilic vegetation, and at lower altitudes, with ephemeral vegetation. Meadow and meadow-steppe areas of the upper parts of slopes. Juniper and spruce forest with mosaic patches.
Key biodiversity
Biogeographical territories are linked through the Tarim basin.
Criterion A1 is applied to the site because of Snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) – the only localized place for species in Central Asia, breeding Barbary falcon (Falco pelegrinoides), Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) and Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gys himalayensis).
Criterion A3 is applied to the site because of a number of species: Plain Mountain Finch (Leucosticte nemoricola), White-tailed Rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis), Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and others.
Non-bird biodiversity: Range-restricted species: Eremias yarkandensis, Alactaga sp.
Acknowledgements
Data-sheet compiled in 2006 by V. K. Eremchenko, received by BirdLife Cambridge May 2008, translated by Tsovinar Hovhannisyan in summer 2010, entered into WBDB by Rory McCann in autumn 2010.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Alai (Kyrgyzstan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-alai-iba-kyrgyzstan on 23/12/2024.