Outskirts of Kislovodsk (Russia (European))

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Outskirts of Kislovodsk

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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	1995	8 breeding pairs	B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1995	2 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	near favourable	medium	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	8	6	breeding pairs	75	near favourable
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Medovyi vodopad	Nature Monument	-
-	Mineral'nye vody kurorta Sernovodsk - Kavkazskiy	Nature Monument	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		40
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		25
Forest	Mixed woodland	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban parks and gardens, Arable land	8
Shrubland	Scrub	5
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	40
unknown	32
tourism/recreation	20
agriculture	5
urban/industrial/transport	3

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Outskirts of Kislovodsk (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/outskirts-of-kislovodsk-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.