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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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding	2004	2-4 breeding pairs	A3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	2004	10-15 breeding pairs	A3
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	breeding	2004	20-40 breeding pairs	A4i
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata	LC	breeding	2004	6-10 breeding pairs	A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2002	180-200 breeding pairs	A1
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria	LC	breeding	2002	200-220 breeding pairs	A3, A4i
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2002	5-6 breeding pairs	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2002-2004	3-8 breeding pairs	A1
Gray's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki	LC	breeding	2004	40 breeding pairs	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	breeding	2004	30-60 breeding pairs	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	2004	40-60 breeding pairs	A3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	LC	breeding	2004	4,000-6,000 breeding pairs	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Kuznetsky Alatau	Zapovednik	81
1989	Kuznetskiy Alatau	Zapovednik	100
1998	Podnebesnyje Zub'ya	Zakaznik	18

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		63
Grassland		17
Unknown		5
Wetlands (inland)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kuznetsky Alatau Zapovednik (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kuznetsky-alatau-zapovednik-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/11/2024.