Kabardino-Balkarski Nature Reserve (Russia (European)) IBA | Details

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Kabardino-Balkarski Nature Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	resident (1990)	3,000	A2, A3, B3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident (2001)	500 pairs	A1, A2, A3, B2
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (1990)	10	B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (1990)	3 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

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	moderate	not assessed	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

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

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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 (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1976	Kabardino-Balkarsky	Zapovednik (Ia)	76

Habitats

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

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 23/12/2024.