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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 Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	resident	1981-1997	20-30 breeding pairs	A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	1981-1997	20-30 breeding pairs	A1, A2, A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1981-1997	6-10 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus	LC	resident	1981-1997	10-15 breeding pairs	A3
Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla	LC	resident	1981-1997	9-23 breeding pairs	A3

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

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.

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ol'getinskoe (Ol'gitskoe) uschel'e s gornymi shirokolistvennymi lesami	Nature Monument	-
-	Shoanskiy lednik s istokami reki Armhi	Nature Monument	-
1971	Ingushsky	Zakaznik (Federal)	40

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	35
Forest	Mixed woodland	30
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		17
Shrubland		8
Other		7
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	90
nature conservation and research	40
rangeland/pastureland	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shanskoye ravine (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shanskoye-ravine-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.