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The site was identified as important in 2000 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	1993-1997	present	A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1995	100 breeding pairs	A1, A3, B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1993-1997	present	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1993-1997	present	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	1993-1997	present	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1993-1997	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1959	Caucasian Rose-Bay	Sanctuary	1
1971	Margahovit	Sanctuary	5
1971	Arzakan-Meghradzor	Sanctuary	1
1993	Lake Sevan	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	6
2002	Dilijan	National Park	3
2009	Hanqavan Hydrological	Sanctuary	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pombak mountain chain (Armenia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pombak-mountain-chain-iba-armenia on 22/11/2024.