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 IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
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 status |
| Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
| 2007 |
not assessed |
not assessed |
very low |
| Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
| yes |
unset |
poor |
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
60 |
Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
20 |
|
| Forest |
10 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland |
| Shrubland |
6 |
|
| Wetlands (inland) |
3 |
Rivers and streams; Standing freshwater |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
1 |
Other urban and industrial areas |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
100 |
| not utilised |
30 |
| rangeland/pastureland |
20 |
| agriculture |
20 |
| tourism/recreation |
20 |
| forestry |
10 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
1 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
1 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of Gizel'don river (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-of-gizeldon-river-iba-russia-(european) on 23/01/2025.
