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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happen­ing now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happen­ing now	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Biological resource use	happen­ing now	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	slow deteri­oration (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Natural system modifications	happen­ing now	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	no deteri­oration (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1972	Kedarnath	Sanctuary (IV)	10
1989	Gangotri	National Park (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-
Grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-
Shrubland	-

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gangotri National Park (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gangotri-national-park-iba-india on 15/01/2025.