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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	resident	2006	present	A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2006	600-800 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A3
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2006-2007	15-25 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2006-2007	7-10 breeding pairs	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2007	1 breeding pairs	B2

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 (2007) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	1	0	breeding pairs	0	not assessed
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	15	15	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	7	7	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1972	Verhne-Malkinskiy	Zakaznik	48
1975	Nizhne-Malkinskiy	Zakaznik	52

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		40
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		30
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	28
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
forestry	40
not utilised	40
rangeland/pastureland	10
nature conservation and research	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Malka river ravine (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/malka-river-ravine-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.