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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	breeding	2004-2006	150-200 breeding pairs	A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2004-2006	80 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2004-2006	1,000 individuals	B1i
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2004-2007	3-6 breeding pairs	B2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2004-2006	10 breeding pairs	A1
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	2004-2006	25 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident	2004-2006	50 breeding pairs	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	breeding	2004-2006	10 breeding pairs	A3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	150	120	breeding pairs	80	near favourable
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	80	80	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	3	3	breeding pairs	100	favourable
European Roller Coracias garrulus	10	10	breeding pairs	100	favourable

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	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	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Kosobsko-Kelebskiy	Zakaznik	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	50
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	26
Shrubland		20
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		6
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Ruderal land	3
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
nature conservation and research	100
rangeland/pastureland	35
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kosobo-Kelebski reserve (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kosobo-kelebski-reserve-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.