Kabardino-Balkarski Nature Reserve (Russia (European))

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Kabardino-Balkarski Nature Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	resident	1990	3,000	A2, A3, B3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2001	500 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A3, B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	1990	10	B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1990	3 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1990	4-6	B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1990	3,000	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1990	2,500	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	1990	2,500	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1990	50-100	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	1990	500-1,000	A3, B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	near favourable	not assessed	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	10	7	breeding pairs	70	near favourable
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	4	3	breeding pairs	75	near favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1976	Kabardino-Balkarsky	Zapovednik	76

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Other		33
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	33
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	16
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	7
Shrubland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kabardino-Balkarski Nature Reserve (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kabardino-balkarski-nature-reserve-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.