Sources of Khudes river (Russia (European)) IBA | Details

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Sources of Khudes river

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus	LC	breeding (2007)	present	A2, A3
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	breeding (2007)	present	A2, A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (2007)	4–6 pairs	A1

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	not assessed	medium	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Some of area covered (10–49%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Khasautskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	25

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	65	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Forest	20
Wetlands (inland)	7	Rivers and streams; Raised bogs
Shrubland	5
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	3

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	50
rangeland/pastureland	30
hunting	25
nature conservation and research	25
forestry	20
tourism/recreation	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sources of Khudes river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sources-of-khudes-river-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.