Right coast of Malaya Laba River (Russia (European)) IBA | Details

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Right coast of Malaya Laba River

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident (2007)	10–20 males	A2

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 (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	moderate	medium	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	good (>90%)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate
Grassland	good (>90%)	moderate (70–90%)	moderate

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	60	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	35	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	4
Wetlands (inland)	1	Rivers and streams

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	50
rangeland/pastureland	40
hunting	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Right coast of Malaya Laba River (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/right-coast-of-malaya-laba-river-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.