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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis	LC	resident	2004	3-15 breeding pairs	A3
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	2004	2-5 breeding pairs	A1
Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis	NT	resident	2004	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2004	3-5 breeding pairs	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2004	1-5 breeding pairs	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	2004	5-15 breeding pairs	A3
Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	2004	50-500 breeding pairs	A3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	2004	present	A3
Brandt's Mountain-finch Leucosticte brandti	LC	resident	2004	50-200 breeding pairs	A3
Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus	LC	breeding	2004	20-100 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine & boreal, Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe	45
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs, Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas	30
Forest	Native coniferous, Treeline ecotone	15
Shrubland	Scrub	9
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved reseeded grasslands	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	100
hunting	30
forestry	25

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gorge Tash-Rabat (Kyrgyzstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gorge-tash-rabat-iba-kyrgyzstan on 22/11/2024.