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The site was identified as important in 1994 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
Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius	LC	resident	1977	present	A3
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1977	7 breeding pairs	B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3
Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris	LC	resident	1977	frequent	A3
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida	LC	breeding	1977	abundant	A3, B3
Plain Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus neglectus	LC	breeding	1977	abundant	A3, B3
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
Pale Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1977	common	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1977	present	A3
Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus	LC	breeding	1977	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (1994) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1970	Oshtran Kuh	Protected Area	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		major (>10)
Forest		minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oshtrankuh Protected Area (Iran, Islamic Republic of). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oshtrankuh-protected-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 23/11/2024.