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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident (1996)	15–20 breeding pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (1996)	2 breeding pairs	A1

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the key species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	moderate deteri­oration (10–30% in 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No manage­ment plan exists, but the manage­ment planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1969	Ismayilli State Nature Sanctuary	State Nature Sanctuary (IV)	100
1981	Ismailli	State Nature Reserve (Ia)	100
2006	Shahdagh National Park	National Park (II)	67

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

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	87	Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Grassland	4	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ismailly area (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ismailly-area-iba-azerbaijan on 13/01/2025.