Nuratau Range (Uzbekistan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Nuratau Range

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2006 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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2003-2004	5-10 breeding pairs	A1
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	breeding	2006	90 individuals	A1, A4ii
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2004	2 adults	A1
Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota	LC	resident	2006	abundant	A3
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis	LC	breeding	2006	common	A3
Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata	LC	breeding	2006	uncommon	A3
White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti	LC	breeding	2006	uncommon	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	not assessed	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	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	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Nuratinskiy	State Nature Reserve	50
1992	Koshrabad	Wildlife Refuge	23

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		45
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		22
Shrubland		22
Artificial/Terrestrial		5
Forest		3
Wetlands (inland)		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	30
forestry	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nuratau Range (Uzbekistan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nuratau-range-iba-uzbekistan on 23/11/2024.