Marinskaya cuesta of Skalisti ridge (Russia (European))

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Marinskaya cuesta of Skalisti ridge

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

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	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	poor

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Skala Kekle-Kaya	Nature Monument	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Mesophile grasslands, Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	63
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		30
Forest		5
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.