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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	1999-2001	8-10 males	A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2007	150-200 males	A1, A2, A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	passage	2007	1,500-10,000 individuals	A1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2007	4-5 breeding pairs	B2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	passage	2007	30-50 individuals	A1
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	1982-2006	30-50 breeding pairs	A3
Krueper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi	LC	resident	2007	2,000-3,000 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	winter	1978-1992	20-30 individuals	A3
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	2007	300-500 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	2003	20-30 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%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Shrubland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Grassland	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Lesnye kul'tury duba probkovogo	Nature Monument	-
-	Uschel'e Akhtsu	Nature Monument	-
-	Dzykhrinskoe uschel'e	Nature Monument	-
-	Rododendrovyi uchastok	Nature Monument	-
1924	Kavkazsky	Zapovednik	5
1978	Kavkazskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	5
1983	Sochinsky	National Park	75
1988	Tisso-samshitovaya roscha	Nature Monument	-
1988	Vorontsovskaya peschernaya sistema	Nature Monument	-
1988	Agurskie vodopady	Nature Monument	-
1988	Alek-Atskiy uchastok	Nature Monument	-
1988	Nazarovskaya peschera	Nature Monument	-
1993	Sochinsky	Zakaznik (Federal)	31

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	80
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	10
Shrubland		6
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Urban parks and gardens	1
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	1
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	40
urban/industrial/transport	10
agriculture	5
rangeland/pastureland	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sochinsky National Park (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sochinsky-national-park-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.