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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	breeding (1995)	20 pairs	B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding (1995)	2 pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (1995)	2 pairs	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Reka Ai (uchastok)	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Laklinskaya kholodnaya peschera i ee okrestnosti	Nature Monument (III)	-
1985	Geologicheskiy razrez proterozoya u gory Argus	Nature Monument (III)	-
1987	Averkieva yama (peschera)	Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	80	Mixed woodland; Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	20	Mesophile grasslands; Humid grasslands; Steppes and dry calcareous grassland

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	60
tourism/recreation	50
agriculture	20

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mountain valley of Ai river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mountain-valley-of-ai-river-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.