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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 (1988–1991)	present	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident (1996)	present	A3

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%)	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in short term (<4 years)	most of popul­ation/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 gener­ations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>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

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

Name	Year formed
info avialable at AOS	2003

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Shahdag (Azerbaijan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-shahdag-iba-azerbaijan on 23/12/2024.