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The site was identified as important in 2000 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	1988-1991	common	A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1996	100 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	1996	2 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ismailly	Game Reserve	-
1969	Ismayilli State Nature Sanctuary	State Nature Sanctuary	14
2006	Shahdagh National Park	National Park	73

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Info avialable at AOS	2005

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-
Forest	Mixed woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Babadag (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-babadag-iba-azerbaijan on 23/11/2024.