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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	1996	present	A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1996	present	A1, A3
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1996	present	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	1996	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2006	Shahdagh National Park	National Park	87

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, 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
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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