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The site was identified as important in 2006 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	2000-2006	1-2 breeding pairs	A3
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	passage	2000-2006	10-15 individuals	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	2000-2006	2-3 individuals	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	2000-2006	15-20 breeding pairs	A3
Hume's Lark Calandrella acutirostris	LC	breeding	2000-2006	10-15 breeding pairs	A3
Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus	LC	breeding	2000-2006	3-4 breeding pairs	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	2000-2006	2-3 breeding pairs	A3
Himalayan Rubythroat Calliope pectoralis	LC	breeding	2000-2006	2-3 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	breeding	2000-2006	3-4 breeding pairs	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	breeding	2000-2006	4-6 breeding pairs	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	2000-2006	5-8 breeding pairs	A3
Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens	LC	breeding	2000-2006	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	2000-2006	10-15 breeding pairs	A3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	LC	breeding	2000-2006	8-10 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes	LC	resident	2000-2006	20-30 breeding pairs	A3
Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys	LC	resident	2000-2006	18-20 breeding pairs	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	2000-2006	15-20 breeding pairs	A3
Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus	LC	resident	2000-2006	20-25 breeding pairs	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	resident	2000-2006	10-15 breeding pairs	A3
Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus	LC	breeding	2000-2006	5-6 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		90
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Grassland		-
Introduced vegetation		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kondara Gorge (Tajikistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kondara-gorge-iba-tajikistan on 22/11/2024.