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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2006	Shahdagh National Park	National Park (II)	87

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
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

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 24/12/2024.