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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2007	4-10 breeding pairs	A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	2007	2-4 breeding pairs	A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2006-2007	uncommon	A1
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria	LC	breeding	2007	2-4 breeding pairs	A3
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala	LC	breeding	2007	2-6 breeding pairs	A3
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus	LC	breeding	2007	< 50 individuals	A3
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	breeding	2007	< 50 individuals	A3
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	2007	< 50 individuals	A3
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	2007	< 50 individuals	A3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	passage	2007	2 individuals	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	2007	50-249 breeding pairs	A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding	2007	50-249 individuals	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	breeding	2007	250-999 individuals	A3
Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus	LC	breeding	2005-2007	50-249 individuals	A3
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane	LC	breeding	2007	< 50 individuals	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	breeding	2007	50-249 individuals	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	2007	50-249 individuals	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	breeding	2007	250-999 individuals	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable
Shrubland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Zapadno-Altayskiy	State Nature Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Treeline ecotone, Native coniferous	30
Grassland	Mesophile grassland & tall grass steppe, Alpine, subalpine & boreal, Humid, Tundra	30
Shrubland	Low bushes, Scrub	20
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas	10
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires & springs, Raised bogs, Rivers & streams, Standing fresh water	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: Paradise Valley mountain plateau (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/paradise-valley-mountain-plateau-iba-kazakhstan on 22/11/2024.