Right coast of Malaya Laba River (Russia (European))

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Right coast of Malaya Laba River

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
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2007	10-20 males	A2

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 (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	near favourable	medium	negligible
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%)	near favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	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

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	60
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	35
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		4
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.