Sources of Khudes river (Russia (European))

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Sources of Khudes river

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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	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 breeding pairs	A1

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

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	negligible
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 area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	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
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Khasautskiy	Zakaznik	25

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	65
Forest		20
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Raised bogs	7
Shrubland		5
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.