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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	resident	1998	common	A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1998	common	A1, A2, A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1998	frequent	A1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1998	6 breeding pairs	B2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1998	common	B2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1998	uncommon	A1
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1998	10 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1998	35 breeding pairs	B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	1998	2 breeding pairs	A1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1998	14 breeding pairs	B2
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1998	18 breeding pairs	B2
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1998	40 breeding pairs	B3
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1998	15 breeding pairs	B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1998	abundant	A3
Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus	LC	breeding	1998	frequent	A2
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1998	uncommon	A3
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	1998	5 breeding pairs	B2
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident	1998	uncommon	B2
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	1998	common	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1998	frequent	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	1998	uncommon	A3, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1912	Lagodekhi	ნაკრძალი	3
1976	Kazbegi	Nature Reserve	1
1980	Akhmeta	Nature Reserve	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Caucasus (Georgia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-caucasus-iba-georgia on 23/11/2024.