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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1994 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
Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius	LC	resident (1977)	frequent	A3, B3
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (1977)	present	B2
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident (1977)	present	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident (1977)	frequent	A3
Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis	LC	breeding (1977)	7 pairs	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident (1977)	common	A3
Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus	LC	resident (1977)	frequent	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1976	Lar River	Protected Area (V)	100
1982	Vargin	Protected Area (V)	12
2001	Lar	National Park (II)	54

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	major (>10)
Shrubland	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
rangeland/pastureland	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lar River Protected Area (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lar-river-protected-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/12/2024.