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The site was identified as important in 1994 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
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	1977	4 breeding pairs	A1, B2
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1977	present	B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1977	1 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1977	3 breeding pairs	B2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	1977	2 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1977	1 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1977	present	B2
Caspian Tit Poecile hyrcanus	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3
Plain Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus neglectus	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	A3
Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	B3
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	A3
Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea	LC	breeding	1977	present	A3
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	A3
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	A3
Pale Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1977	frequent	A3
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani	LC	breeding	1977	abundant	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Zav1	Protected Area	2
1976	Golestan	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	69
1982	Golestan (Mohammad Reza Shah)	National Park	67

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		major (>10)
Grassland		major (>10)
Shrubland		major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Golestan (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/golestan-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.