Sources of the Podkumok river (Russia (European)) IBA | Details

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Sources of the Podkumok 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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2006)	3–5 pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding (2006)	3–5 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 (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	poor	high	very low
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
Artificial/Terrestrial	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	poor
Grassland	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	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%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	45	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Mesophile grasslands; Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Forest	25
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	25
Wetlands (inland)	3	Rivers and streams
Artificial/Terrestrial	2	Other urban and industrial areas

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	40
not utilised	30
forestry	25
tourism/recreation	10
fisheries/aquaculture	3
urban/industrial/transport	2

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sources of the Podkumok river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sources-of-the-podkumok-river-iba-russia-(european) on 25/12/2024.