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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident (1997)	common	A3
Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides	LC	resident (1997)	common	A3
Swan Goose Anser cygnoid	EN	passage (1997)	rare	A1
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	passage (1997)	rare	A1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria	LC	resident (1997)	rare	A3
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	resident (1997)	rare	A3
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident (1997)	rare	A3
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa	LC	resident (1997)	rare	A3
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	passage (1997)	rare	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage (1997)	rare	A1
Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus	EN	passage (1997)	rare	A1
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	resident (1997)	rare	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	resident (1997)	common	A3
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Locustella fasciolata	NR	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Turdus naumanni	NR	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident (1997)	rare	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident (1997)	common	A3
Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens	LC	resident (1997)	common	A3
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta	LC	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	resident (1997)	common	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	resident (1997)	rare	A3
Asian Rosy-finch Leucosticte arctoa	LC	resident (1997)	rare	A3
Pallas's Bunting Emberiza pallasi	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola	CR	breeding (1997)	common	A3
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys	LC	breeding (1997)	rare	A3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (2004)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Obnazhenie vulkanicheskikh porod v raione meteostantsii Khamar-Daban	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Tankhoyskiy razrez	Nature Monument (III)	-
1986	Baikalsky	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	97
1996	Lake Baikal	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Mixed broadleaf-coniferous forest (temp/boreal; Broadleaf deciduous forest (temperate/boreal)
Grassland	-	Alpine and subalpine grassland
Shrubland	-	Temperate heath and scrub
Wetlands (inland)	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern slope of Khamar-Daban mountains (Russia (Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-slope-of-khamar-daban-mountains-iba-russia-(asian) on 22/12/2024.