Sources of Kuna and Shisha rivers (Russia (European))

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Sources of Kuna and Shisha rivers

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 Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	NT	resident	2007	100-150 males	A1, A2, A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2007	30-50 males	A1
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2007	1-2 breeding pairs	B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	2007	10-15 breeding pairs	A3
Krueper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi	LC	resident	2007	200-250 breeding pairs	A1
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	breeding	2007	1-2 breeding pairs	A3
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	2007	20-30 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	favourable	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi	100	100	males	100	favourable
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
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
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Turinyi	Zakaznik	93
1924	Kavkazsky	Zapovednik	3
1978	Kavkazskiy	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	3
1993	Dahovskiy	Zakaznik	83
1999	Western Caucasus	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	52

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	100
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	20
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	8
Shrubland		3
Wetlands (inland)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	25
agriculture	20
forestry	20
tourism/recreation	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sources of Kuna and Shisha rivers (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sources-of-kuna-and-shisha-rivers-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.