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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	1996	5 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	NAT AZ024	Game Reserve	-
1961	Lachin State Nature Sanctuary	State Nature Sanctuary	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lachin area (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lachin-area-iba-azerbaijan on 24/11/2024.