Sources of Kuma river (Russia (European))

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Sources of Kuma 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2006	300 unknown	A1
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2006	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 (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	unfavourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Skala Krepost' srednevekovaya	Nature Monument	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Mesophile grasslands	53
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		25
Forest		20
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	40
not utilised	40
forestry	20

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sources of Kuma river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sources-of-kuma-river-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.