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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1998	5-10 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	6	1	breeding pairs	17	not assessed
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	4	4	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Lugovaya step' na vostochnom sklone gory Shissae (Dzhissa)	Nature Monument	-
-	Kan'on reki Bol'shoi Zelenchuk	Nature Monument	-
-	Subal'piyiskiy lug na gore Shissae (Dzhissa)	Nature Monument	-
1978	Peschera na gore Dzhissa	Nature Monument	-
1988	Skala Pervoe Okno	Nature Monument	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands, Humid grasslands	80
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	10
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	65
not utilised	40

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skalisti ridge between Urup and Maly Zelenchuk rivers (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skalisti-ridge-between-urup-and-maly-zelenchuk-rivers-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.