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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 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
Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus	LC	breeding (2004)	10–30 pairs	A3
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus	LC	breeding (2004)	5–6 pairs	A3
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding (2004)	5–10 pairs	A3
Plain Mountain-finch Leucosticte nemoricola	LC	breeding (2004)	present	A3
Brandt's Mountain-finch Leucosticte brandti	LC	breeding (2004)	10–30 pairs	A3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1996	Buguzunskiy	Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	40
Forest	10
Wetlands (inland)	8
Shrubland	7
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	50
military	25
not utilised	15
forestry	5
other	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Talduair mountain (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/talduair-mountain-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 23/12/2024.