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The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2001	50-150 breeding pairs	A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	2001	20-50 breeding pairs	A3
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	2001	15-40 breeding pairs	A1
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding	2001	present	A3
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	2001	present	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	breeding	2001	50-120 breeding pairs	A3
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus	LC	breeding	2001	present	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding	2001	100-400 breeding pairs	A3
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus	LC	breeding	2001	5-20 breeding pairs	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	2001	200-600 breeding pairs	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding	2001	5-15 breeding pairs	A3
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra	LC	breeding	2001	present	A3
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera	LC	breeding	2001	unknown	A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	VU	breeding	2001	10-40 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		70
Grassland		10
Wetlands (inland)		7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	40
hunting	40

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Molebny Kamen' ridge (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/molebny-kamen-ridge-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/11/2024.