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Svaneti


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 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 resident (1999) present A2
Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi NT resident (1999–2002) 20 pairs A1, A2


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Svaneti (Georgia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/svaneti-iba-georgia on 23/12/2024.