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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
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1988-1991	12-15 breeding pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	1996	6-7 breeding pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	1996	2-4 breeding pairs	A1

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
1958	Turyanchay State Nature Reserve	State Nature Reserve	100

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	2002

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mixed woodland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gekchai Bozdag mountains (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gekchai-bozdag-mountains-iba-azerbaijan on 23/11/2024.