Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1966 |
Gobustan
|
State Nature Reserve (-) |
88 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Desert |
- |
Semidesert |
| Forest |
- |
Wooded desert and semidesert |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Scree & boulders |
| Shrubland |
- |
Scrub |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gobustan area (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gobustan-area-iba-azerbaijan on 22/12/2024.
