Marinskaya cuesta of Skalisti ridge (Russia (European)) IBA | Details

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Marinskaya cuesta of Skalisti ridge

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (2006)	50 unknown	A1
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (2006)	3 pairs	B2

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	not assessed	not assessed	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	poor

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Skala Kekle-Kaya	Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	63	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Mesophile grasslands; Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	30
Forest	5
Wetlands (inland)	2	Standing freshwater

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	65
rangeland/pastureland	30
forestry	5
tourism/recreation	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marinskaya cuesta of Skalisti ridge (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marinskaya-cuesta-of-skalisti-ridge-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.