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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 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
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus	LC	breeding (2000)	5–15 pairs	A3
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria	LC	breeding (2000)	5–10 pairs	A3
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	breeding (2000)	2–5 pairs	A3
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding (2000)	10–20 pairs	A3
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Siberian Tit Poecile cinctus	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	breeding (2000)	present	A3
Brandt's Mountain-finch Leucosticte brandti	LC	resident (2000)	present	A3
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica	VU	breeding (2000)	present	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1932	Altaisky	Zapovednik (Ia)	100
1998	Golden Mountains of Altai	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA)	100
2009	Altaisky	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	40
Forest	38	Native coniferous; Wooded steppe
Grassland	20	Alpine, subalpine & boreal; Tundra
Wetlands (inland)	12	Standing fresh water; Rivers & streams; Raised bogs

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shapshal ridge (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shapshal-ridge-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/12/2024.