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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding (2006)	20 pairs	A1
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	passage (2006)	1,000 birds	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (2006)	2–3 pairs	A1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding (2006)	10 pairs	A1

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Biological resource use	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	40	Semidesert
Grassland	35	Humid grasslands; Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Artificial/Terrestrial	11	Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas; Ruderal land
Shrubland	10
Wetlands (inland)	6	Rivers and streams; Standing brackish and salt water; Standing freshwater
Forest	5	Alluvial and very wet forest

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
rangeland/pastureland	80
agriculture	10
urban/industrial/transport	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower reaches of Sulak river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-reaches-of-sulak-river-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.