Tashir (Armenia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Tashir

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1995	4-5 breeding pairs	B2
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1995	1-2 breeding pairs	A1
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	passage	1995	300-500 individuals	A1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1995	4,000-6,300 individuals	B1iv

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

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	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)
Forest		minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tashir (Armenia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tashir-iba-armenia on 23/11/2024.